PENN vs. BYD, CZR, WYNN, ATAT, TNL, MLCO, PLYA, RRR, CHH, and WH
Should you be buying PENN Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PENN Entertainment include Boyd Gaming (BYD), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Choice Hotels International (CHH), and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) and PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PENN Entertainment has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boyd Gaming has a net margin of 16.58% compared to Boyd Gaming's net margin of -7.70%. PENN Entertainment's return on equity of 36.97% beat Boyd Gaming's return on equity.
Boyd Gaming has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PENN Entertainment. PENN Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boyd Gaming, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PENN Entertainment received 180 more outperform votes than Boyd Gaming when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave PENN Entertainment an outperform vote while only 60.06% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote.
Boyd Gaming presently has a consensus target price of $75.78, suggesting a potential upside of 21.99%. PENN Entertainment has a consensus target price of $31.47, suggesting a potential upside of 78.28%. Given Boyd Gaming's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PENN Entertainment is more favorable than Boyd Gaming.
68.0% of Boyd Gaming shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of PENN Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.2% of Boyd Gaming shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of PENN Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, PENN Entertainment had 6 more articles in the media than Boyd Gaming. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for PENN Entertainment and 9 mentions for Boyd Gaming. PENN Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Boyd Gaming's score of 0.27 indicating that Boyd Gaming is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Boyd Gaming beats PENN Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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