IGT vs. MSGS, PRKS, SIX, FUN, MSGE, SGHC, RSI, MTN, PWSC, and IQ
Should you be buying International Game Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Game Technology include Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Cedar Fair (FUN), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Super Group (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Vail Resorts (MTN), PowerSchool (PWSC), and iQIYI (IQ). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) and International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Madison Square Garden Sports has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Madison Square Garden Sports' net margin of 3.62%. Madison Square Garden Sports' return on equity of 21.10% beat International Game Technology's return on equity.
International Game Technology received 502 more outperform votes than Madison Square Garden Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave International Game Technology an outperform vote while only 34.48% of users gave Madison Square Garden Sports an outperform vote.
Madison Square Garden Sports has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Game Technology has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Madison Square Garden Sports had 10 more articles in the media than International Game Technology. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Madison Square Garden Sports and 5 mentions for International Game Technology. International Game Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Madison Square Garden Sports' score of 0.28 indicating that Madison Square Garden Sports is being referred to more favorably in the media.
International Game Technology has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.62%. Given Madison Square Garden Sports' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe International Game Technology is more favorable than Madison Square Garden Sports.
International Game Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Madison Square Garden Sports. International Game Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Madison Square Garden Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
68.9% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of International Game Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 22.3% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of International Game Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
International Game Technology beats Madison Square Garden Sports on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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