Vail Resorts (MTN) Competitors

Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) and Super Group (NYSE:SGHC) 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 valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is MTN or SGHC a better dividend stock?

Vail Resorts pays an annual dividend of $8.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Super Group pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Vail Resorts pays out 113.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Super Group pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vail Resorts has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Vail Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, MTN or SGHC?

Vail Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Super Group. Vail Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Super Group, 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
Vail Resorts	$2.96B	1.92	$230.40M	$7.82	19.41
Super Group	$1.87B	2.50	-$11.42M	$0.27	34.44

Is MTN or SGHC more profitable?

Vail Resorts has a net margin of 8.07% compared to Super Group's net margin of 2.25%. Vail Resorts' return on equity of 21.90% beat Super Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vail Resorts	8.07%	21.90%	4.05%
Super Group	2.25%	15.40%	9.01%

Do analysts rate MTN or SGHC?

Vail Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $187.20, indicating a potential upside of 23.33%. Super Group has a consensus target price of $11.83, indicating a potential upside of 27.27%. Given Super Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Super Group is more favorable than Vail Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vail Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Super Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17

Which has more volatility & risk, MTN or SGHC?

Vail Resorts has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Super Group has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MTN or SGHC?

94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Super Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Super Group shares are owned 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.

Does the media favor MTN or SGHC?

In the previous week, Vail Resorts had 22 more articles in the media than Super Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Vail Resorts and 11 mentions for Super Group. Super Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Vail Resorts' score of 0.22 indicating that Super Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vail Resorts	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Super Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MTN or SGHC?

Vail Resorts received 610 more outperform votes than Super Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.42% of users gave Super Group an outperform vote while only 65.64% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vail Resorts	Outperform Votes 642 65.64%	Underperform Votes 336 34.36%
Super Group	Outperform Votes 32 74.42%	Underperform Votes 11 25.58%

Summary

Super Group beats Vail Resorts on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.