CoreCivic (CXW) Competitors

Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, RHP or CXW?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreCivic has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend RHP or CXW?

Ryman Hospitality Properties currently has a consensus price target of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.29%. CoreCivic has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.50%. Given CoreCivic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
CoreCivic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RHP or CXW?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than CoreCivic. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoreCivic, 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
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.40B	2.39	$311.22M	$4.72	20.26
CoreCivic	$1.95B	1.26	$68.87M	$0.76	29.66

Does the media favor RHP or CXW?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 7 more articles in the media than CoreCivic. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 19 mentions for CoreCivic. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat CoreCivic's score of 0.89 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryman Hospitality Properties	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CoreCivic	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RHP or CXW?

CoreCivic received 38 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 358 57.37%	Underperform Votes 266 42.63%
CoreCivic	Outperform Votes 396 65.02%	Underperform Votes 213 34.98%

Is RHP or CXW a better dividend stock?

Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. CoreCivic pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 97.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CoreCivic pays out 231.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryman Hospitality Properties has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Is RHP or CXW more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 11.61% compared to CoreCivic's net margin of 3.51%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 49.23% beat CoreCivic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryman Hospitality Properties	11.61%	49.23%	5.28%
CoreCivic	3.51%	5.97%	2.97%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RHP or CXW?

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CoreCivic shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of CoreCivic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats CoreCivic on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.