Boyd Gaming (BYD) Competitors

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

Is BYD or WMS more profitable?

Advanced Drainage Systems has a net margin of 15.90% compared to Boyd Gaming's net margin of 14.70%. Boyd Gaming's return on equity of 35.97% beat Advanced Drainage Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boyd Gaming	14.70%	35.97%	9.76%
Advanced Drainage Systems	15.90%	35.79%	13.73%

Which has more volatility and risk, BYD or WMS?

Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Drainage Systems has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BYD or WMS?

76.8% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 27.9% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are held 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.

Is BYD or WMS a better dividend stock?

Boyd Gaming pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Advanced Drainage Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Boyd Gaming pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Advanced Drainage Systems pays out 12.5% 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. Boyd Gaming has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Advanced Drainage Systems has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Boyd Gaming is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer BYD or WMS?

Boyd Gaming currently has a consensus price target of $80.08, indicating a potential upside of 6.19%. Advanced Drainage Systems has a consensus price target of $139.88, indicating a potential upside of 18.22%. Given Advanced Drainage Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Advanced Drainage Systems is more favorable than Boyd Gaming.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boyd Gaming	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54
Advanced Drainage Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BYD or WMS?

Boyd Gaming has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Drainage Systems. Boyd Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Drainage Systems, 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
Boyd Gaming	$3.96B	1.55	$577.95M	$6.13	12.30
Advanced Drainage Systems	$2.90B	3.16	$509.92M	$5.76	20.54

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BYD or WMS?

Boyd Gaming received 250 more outperform votes than Advanced Drainage Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.57% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote while only 53.94% of users gave Advanced Drainage Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boyd Gaming	Outperform Votes 613 59.57%	Underperform Votes 416 40.43%
Advanced Drainage Systems	Outperform Votes 363 53.94%	Underperform Votes 310 46.06%

Does the media favor BYD or WMS?

In the previous week, Boyd Gaming had 6 more articles in the media than Advanced Drainage Systems. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Boyd Gaming and 4 mentions for Advanced Drainage Systems. Advanced Drainage Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Boyd Gaming's score of 0.71 indicating that Advanced Drainage Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boyd Gaming	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Advanced Drainage Systems	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Boyd Gaming beats Advanced Drainage Systems on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.