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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IHG or RRR?

Red Rock Resorts received 9 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.21% 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 409 64.21%	Underperform Votes 228 35.79%

Which has more volatility and risk, IHG or RRR?

InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Rock Resorts has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

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 1.9%. Red Rock Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays out 39.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Red Rock Resorts pays out 38.8% 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. Red Rock Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings & 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	3.75	$750M	$5.64	21.02
Red Rock Resorts	$1.95B	2.46	$154.05M	$2.58	17.52

Do analysts rate IHG or RRR?

Red Rock Resorts has a consensus price target of $52.64, suggesting a potential upside of 16.43%. Given Red Rock Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IHG or RRR?

15.1% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of Red Rock Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.8% of Red Rock Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor IHG or RRR?

In the previous week, InterContinental Hotels Group had 1 more articles in the media than Red Rock Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group and 6 mentions for Red Rock Resorts. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Red Rock Resorts' score of 1.35 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Red Rock Resorts	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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