PENN Entertainment (PENN) Competitors

PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) and Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate PENN or BYD?

PENN Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $38.65, suggesting a potential upside of 45.24%. Boyd Gaming has a consensus target price of $75.29, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. Given PENN Entertainment's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PENN Entertainment is more favorable than Boyd Gaming.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PENN Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
Boyd Gaming	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has more volatility & risk, PENN or BYD?

PENN Entertainment has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PENN or BYD?

84.4% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.7% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer PENN or BYD?

In the previous week, PENN Entertainment had 14 more articles in the media than Boyd Gaming. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for PENN Entertainment and 3 mentions for Boyd Gaming. Boyd Gaming's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat PENN Entertainment's score of 0.48 indicating that Boyd Gaming is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PENN Entertainment	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Boyd Gaming	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PENN or BYD more profitable?

Boyd Gaming has a net margin of 18.48% compared to PENN Entertainment's net margin of 10.52%. Boyd Gaming's return on equity of 43.15% beat PENN Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PENN Entertainment	10.52%	5.92%	1.28%
Boyd Gaming	18.48%	43.15%	11.02%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PENN or BYD?

PENN Entertainment received 185 more outperform votes than Boyd Gaming when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.69% of users gave PENN Entertainment an outperform vote while only 60.28% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PENN Entertainment	Outperform Votes 754 69.69%	Underperform Votes 328 30.31%
Boyd Gaming	Outperform Votes 569 60.28%	Underperform Votes 375 39.72%

Which has better earnings and valuation, PENN or BYD?

Boyd Gaming has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PENN Entertainment	$6.40 billion	0.64	$222.10 million	$4.05	6.57
Boyd Gaming	$3.56 billion	1.96	$639.38 million	$6.35	10.85

Summary

Boyd Gaming beats PENN Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.