MTN vs. SIX, IGT, MSGS, PRKS, FUN, WSC, CHDN, BIRK, LBRDK, and NCLH
Should you be buying Vail Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vail Resorts include Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), International Game Technology (IGT), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Cedar Fair (FUN), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Birkenstock (BIRK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) and Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Vail Resorts has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Vail Resorts' net margin of 2.73%. Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity of 19.16% beat Vail Resorts' return on equity.
Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.0% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vail Resorts received 40 more outperform votes than Six Flags Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.89% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote while only 67.51% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.
Vail Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Six Flags Entertainment. Vail Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Six Flags Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vail Resorts had 26 more articles in the media than Six Flags Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Vail Resorts and 12 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment. Vail Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Six Flags Entertainment's score of 0.15 indicating that Six Flags Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Six Flags Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $28.23, indicating a potential upside of 8.87%. Vail Resorts has a consensus target price of $265.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.16%. Given Six Flags Entertainment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Six Flags Entertainment on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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