Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Competitors

Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is WYNN or LVS a better dividend stock?

Wynn Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Wynn Resorts pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Las Vegas Sands pays out 55.6% 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. Wynn Resorts has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Las Vegas Sands has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Las Vegas Sands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WYNN or LVS?

88.6% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate WYNN or LVS?

Wynn Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $112.92, indicating a potential upside of 20.42%. Las Vegas Sands has a consensus price target of $56.75, indicating a potential upside of 38.82%. Given Las Vegas Sands' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Wynn Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wynn Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Las Vegas Sands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to WYNN or LVS?

In the previous week, Wynn Resorts had 10 more articles in the media than Las Vegas Sands. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Wynn Resorts and 16 mentions for Las Vegas Sands. Las Vegas Sands' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Wynn Resorts' score of 0.53 indicating that Las Vegas Sands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wynn Resorts	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Las Vegas Sands	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WYNN or LVS more profitable?

Las Vegas Sands has a net margin of 12.80% compared to Wynn Resorts' net margin of 7.03%. Las Vegas Sands' return on equity of 45.82% beat Wynn Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wynn Resorts	7.03%	-71.17%	5.13%
Las Vegas Sands	12.80%	45.82%	8.00%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, WYNN or LVS?

Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Wynn Resorts. Las Vegas Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wynn Resorts, 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
Wynn Resorts	$6.97B	1.41	$501.08M	$3.60	26.05
Las Vegas Sands	$11.20B	2.58	$1.45B	$1.80	22.71

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WYNN or LVS?

Wynn Resorts received 104 more outperform votes than Las Vegas Sands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.51% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 68.92% of users gave Wynn Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wynn Resorts	Outperform Votes 1404 68.92%	Underperform Votes 633 31.08%
Las Vegas Sands	Outperform Votes 1300 71.51%	Underperform Votes 518 28.49%

Which has more volatility and risk, WYNN or LVS?

Wynn Resorts has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Las Vegas Sands beats Wynn Resorts on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.