BYD vs. CZR, PENN, WYNN, RRR, CHH, WH, TNL, MLCO, ATAT, and HTHT
Should you be buying Boyd Gaming stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boyd Gaming include Caesars Entertainment (CZR), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), and H World Group (HTHT). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) and Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk and dividends.
Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.81, indicating that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boyd Gaming has a net margin of 16.58% compared to Boyd Gaming's net margin of 6.82%. Caesars Entertainment's return on equity of 36.97% beat Boyd Gaming's return on equity.
Boyd Gaming received 172 more outperform votes than Caesars Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.10% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Caesars Entertainment an outperform vote.
Caesars Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $58.36, suggesting a potential upside of 33.43%. Boyd Gaming has a consensus target price of $76.20, suggesting a potential upside of 13.26%. Given Boyd Gaming's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Boyd Gaming.
Caesars Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Boyd Gaming. Boyd Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caesars Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 16 more articles in the media than Boyd Gaming. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 6 mentions for Boyd Gaming. Caesars Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Boyd Gaming's score of 0.51 indicating that Boyd Gaming is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Caesars Entertainment and Boyd Gaming tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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