PENN Entertainment (PENN) Competitors

$19.71

+1.52 (+8.36%)

(As of 07/26/2024 ET)

PENN vs. MLCO, WH, CHH, CHDN, WYNN, CZR, BYD, IGT, MCRI, and LVS

Should you be buying PENN Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PENN Entertainment include Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), and Las Vegas Sands (LVS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

PENN Entertainment vs.

Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) and PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

: Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PENN Entertainment has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
: Melco Resorts & Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $10.02, indicating a potential upside of 70.70%. PENN Entertainment has a consensus price target of $25.03, indicating a potential upside of 27.01%. Given PENN Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than PENN Entertainment.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)

4 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
PENN Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)

8 Hold rating(s)

8 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
: Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a net margin of -4.34% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -17.77%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity of -3.53% beat PENN Entertainment's return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Melco Resorts & Entertainment -4.34% -7.61% 0.67%
PENN Entertainment -17.77% -3.53% -0.76%
: In the previous week, Melco Resorts & Entertainment had 1 more articles in the media than PENN Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment and 7 mentions for PENN Entertainment. PENN Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's score of 0.88 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Melco Resorts & Entertainment
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PENN Entertainment
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
: 39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of PENN Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of PENN Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
: PENN Entertainment received 204 more outperform votes than Melco Resorts & Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.34% of users gave PENN Entertainment an outperform vote while only 62.40% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Outperform Votes
571
62.40%
Underperform Votes
344
37.60%
PENN Entertainment Outperform Votes
775
68.34%
Underperform Votes
359
31.66%
: Melco Resorts & Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PENN Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PENN Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
Melco Resorts & Entertainment $3.78B 0.69 -$326.92M -$0.42 -13.98
PENN Entertainment $6.36B 0.47 -$490M -$7.45 -2.65

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
PENN Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	-4.34%	-7.61%	0.67%
PENN Entertainment	-17.77%	-3.53%	-0.76%

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PENN Entertainment	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	Outperform Votes 571 62.40%	Underperform Votes 344 37.60%
PENN Entertainment	Outperform Votes 775 68.34%	Underperform Votes 359 31.66%

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	$3.78B	0.69	-$326.92M	-$0.42	-13.98
PENN Entertainment	$6.36B	0.47	-$490M	-$7.45	-2.65

Summary

Melco Resorts & Entertainment beats PENN Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PENN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.

PENN vs. The Competition

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Metric	PENN Entertainment	Hotels & motels Industry	Discretionary Sector	NASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap	$3.00B	$9.33B	$6.85B	$8.19B
Dividend Yield	N/A	2.06%	2.87%	3.96%
P/E Ratio	-2.65	18.54	16.15	18.37
Price / Sales	0.47	1.90	5.86	88.82
Price / Cash	5.06	12.07	33.98	34.13
Price / Book	0.94	12.01	5.62	4.51
Net Income	-$490M	$333.77M	$193.11M	$216.36M
7 Day Performance	6.43%	-0.04%	1.72%	1.82%
1 Month Performance	4.34%	1.00%	9.75%	7.09%
1 Year Performance	-22.19%	-6.57%	5.58%	4.88%

PENN Entertainment Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
MLCO Melco Resorts & Entertainment	4.2234 of 5 stars 4.22 / 5 stars	$6.08 -0.8%	$10.02 +64.8%	-55.1%	$2.71B	$3.78B	-14.48	20,209	Short Interest ↑ News Coverage
WH Wyndham Hotels & Resorts	4.2355 of 5 stars 4.24 / 5 stars	$74.06 -0.9%	$85.67 +15.7%	+3.0%	$5.97B	$1.40B	26.26	2,300	Earnings Report Analyst Forecast News Coverage
CHH Choice Hotels International	2.6675 of 5 stars 2.67 / 5 stars	$126.36 -0.1%	$131.20 +3.8%	+2.5%	$6.09B	$1.54B	27.12	1,836
CHDN Churchill Downs	4.8918 of 5 stars 4.89 / 5 stars	$141.68 +0.7%	$151.11 +6.7%	+8.4%	$10.41B	$2.46B	31.55	7,970	Earnings Report Analyst Downgrade News Coverage
WYNN Wynn Resorts	4.7373 of 5 stars 4.74 / 5 stars	$83.27 -0.3%	$119.53 +43.5%	-25.5%	$9.33B	$6.53B	11.41	27,800	Analyst Revision News Coverage
CZR Caesars Entertainment	4.201 of 5 stars 4.20 / 5 stars	$36.78 +1.0%	$54.33 +47.7%	-41.0%	$7.96B	$11.53B	10.42	24,000	Upcoming Earnings Gap Up
BYD Boyd Gaming	4.9202 of 5 stars 4.92 / 5 stars	$59.85 +0.4%	$90.92 +51.9%	-15.2%	$5.68B	$3.74B	10.75	16,129	Earnings Report Analyst Forecast Short Interest ↑ News Coverage Positive News Gap Up
IGT International Game Technology	3.9826 of 5 stars 3.98 / 5 stars	$20.64 -2.5%	$28.00 +35.7%	-29.2%	$4.11B	$4.32B	19.66	11,016	Upcoming Earnings Analyst Forecast Options Volume News Coverage Gap Up
MCRI Monarch Casino & Resort	3.3676 of 5 stars 3.37 / 5 stars	$69.95 +1.3%	$73.33 +4.8%	+10.3%	$1.31B	$501.48M	16.54	2,900	Dividend Announcement Analyst Forecast News Coverage
LVS Las Vegas Sands	4.9027 of 5 stars 4.90 / 5 stars	$41.14 -0.7%	$61.00 +48.3%	-33.1%	$30.65B	$10.37B	19.87	38,700	Earnings Report Dividend Announcement Analyst Forecast Short Interest ↓ Analyst Revision News Coverage