Red Rock Resorts (RRR) Competitors

InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) and Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ:RRR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Is IHG or RRR more profitable?

Red Rock Resorts has a net margin of 7.94% compared to InterContinental Hotels Group's net margin of 0.00%. Red Rock Resorts' return on equity of 71.00% beat InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InterContinental Hotels Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Red Rock Resorts	7.94%	71.00%	3.85%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IHG or RRR?

Red Rock Resorts received 8 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.35% of users gave Red Rock Resorts an outperform vote while only 51.28% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
InterContinental Hotels Group	Outperform Votes 400 51.28%	Underperform Votes 380 48.72%
Red Rock Resorts	Outperform Votes 408 64.35%	Underperform Votes 226 35.65%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IHG or RRR?

InterContinental Hotels Group has higher revenue and earnings than Red Rock Resorts. Red Rock Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InterContinental Hotels Group, 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
InterContinental Hotels Group	$4.92B	3.42	$750M	$5.64	19.13
Red Rock Resorts	$1.94B	2.34	$154.05M	$2.51	17.01

Which has more risk & volatility, IHG or RRR?

InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Rock Resorts has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IHG or RRR a better dividend stock?

InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of $2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Red Rock Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays out 39.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Red Rock Resorts pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the media refer more to IHG or RRR?

In the previous week, Red Rock Resorts had 8 more articles in the media than InterContinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Red Rock Resorts and 6 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Red Rock Resorts' score of 0.81 indicating that InterContinental Hotels Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
InterContinental Hotels Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Red Rock Resorts	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend IHG or RRR?

Red Rock Resorts has a consensus target price of $54.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.24%. Given Red Rock Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Red Rock Resorts is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InterContinental Hotels Group	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Red Rock Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IHG or RRR?

15.1% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Red Rock Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 53.3% of Red Rock Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Red Rock Resorts beats InterContinental Hotels Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.