Marcus (MCS) Competitors

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) and Marcus (NYSE:MCS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is ABNB or MCS more profitable?

Airbnb has a net margin of 22.60% compared to Marcus' net margin of -1.71%. Airbnb's return on equity of 30.91% beat Marcus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Airbnb	22.60%	30.91%	10.74%
Marcus	-1.71%	1.51%	0.66%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABNB or MCS?

Marcus received 269 more outperform votes than Airbnb when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.38% of users gave Marcus an outperform vote while only 37.04% of users gave Airbnb an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Airbnb	Outperform Votes 180 37.04%	Underperform Votes 306 62.96%
Marcus	Outperform Votes 449 71.38%	Underperform Votes 180 28.62%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ABNB or MCS?

Airbnb has higher revenue and earnings than Marcus. Marcus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Airbnb, 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
Airbnb	$11.10B	7.36	$2.65B	$3.96	32.96
Marcus	$735.56M	0.73	-$7.79M	-$0.42	-40.81

Do analysts recommend ABNB or MCS?

Airbnb currently has a consensus price target of $141.23, suggesting a potential upside of 8.20%. Marcus has a consensus price target of $24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 43.91%. Given Marcus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marcus is more favorable than Airbnb.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Airbnb	5 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Marcus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Does the media prefer ABNB or MCS?

In the previous week, Airbnb had 24 more articles in the media than Marcus. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Airbnb and 0 mentions for Marcus. Marcus' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Airbnb's score of 0.83 indicating that Marcus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Airbnb	Positive
Marcus	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ABNB or MCS?

Airbnb has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marcus has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ABNB or MCS?

80.8% of Airbnb shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.6% of Marcus shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of Airbnb shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of Marcus shares are held 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.

Summary

Airbnb beats Marcus on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.