HLT vs. LVS, MAR, IHG, H, MGM, LULU, DKNG, CHTR, EA, and RCL
Should you be buying Hilton Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Worldwide include Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Marriott International (MAR), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Hyatt Hotels (H), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), DraftKings (DKNG), Charter Communications (CHTR), Electronic Arts (EA), and Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Hilton Worldwide. Las Vegas Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Las Vegas Sands received 473 more outperform votes than Hilton Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 70.76% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote.
Las Vegas Sands currently has a consensus price target of $64.47, suggesting a potential upside of 40.51%. Hilton Worldwide has a consensus price target of $201.28, suggesting a potential upside of 1.24%. Given Hilton Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.
Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Las Vegas Sands pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hilton Worldwide pays out 13.9% 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.
39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 36 more articles in the media than Hilton Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 8 mentions for Hilton Worldwide. Las Vegas Sands' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 0.25 indicating that Hilton Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Las Vegas Sands has a net margin of 11.77% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of 11.15%. Hilton Worldwide's return on equity of 34.40% beat Las Vegas Sands' return on equity.
Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Las Vegas Sands beats Hilton Worldwide on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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