MTN vs. MSGS, IGT, PRKS, CZR, PSO, ROKU, SN, SKX, LNW, and TTC
Should you be buying Vail Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vail Resorts include Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), International Game Technology (IGT), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Pearson (PSO), Roku (ROKU), SharkNinja (SN), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Light & Wonder (LNW), and Toro (TTC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) and Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vail Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $260.11, suggesting a potential upside of 28.34%. Given Vail Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Madison Square Garden Sports.
Vail Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Madison Square Garden Sports. Vail Resorts 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.
Vail Resorts received 622 more outperform votes than Madison Square Garden Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote while only 34.48% of users gave Madison Square Garden Sports an outperform vote.
Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Madison Square Garden Sports has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vail Resorts had 10 more articles in the media than Madison Square Garden Sports. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Vail Resorts and 12 mentions for Madison Square Garden Sports. Vail Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Madison Square Garden Sports' score of 0.02 indicating that Vail Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vail Resorts has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Madison Square Garden Sports' net margin of 4.38%. Vail Resorts' return on equity of 19.16% beat Madison Square Garden Sports' return on equity.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Madison Square Garden Sports on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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