Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) Vs. MGM, CZR, WYNN, WMS, CHDN, PENN, BYD, SGMS, IGT, and MCRI
Should you be buying Las Vegas Sands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Las Vegas Sands include MGM Resorts International (MGM), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Penn National Gaming (PENN), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Scientific Games (SGMS), International Game Technology (IGT), and Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI). These companies are all part of the "casinos & gaming" industry.
Las Vegas Sands vs.
Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 9 more articles in the media than Caesars Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 14 mentions for Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Las Vegas Sands' score of 0.37 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Caesars Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $128.87, indicating a potential upside of 78.56%. Las Vegas Sands has a consensus target price of $53.46, indicating a potential upside of 22.19%. Given Caesars Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Las Vegas Sands.
Caesars Entertainment has a net margin of -13.60% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of -26.01%. Caesars Entertainment's return on equity of -21.28% beat Las Vegas Sands' return on equity.
93.7% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.6% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.92, indicating that its stock price is 192% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Caesars Entertainment. Las Vegas Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caesars Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Las Vegas Sands received 849 more outperform votes than Caesars Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.44% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 63.38% of users gave Caesars Entertainment an outperform vote.
Summary
Caesars Entertainment beats Las Vegas Sands on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LVS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) vs. Its Competitors
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