PRKS vs. IGT, MSGS, SIX, MSGE, SGHC, RSI, GDEN, MTN, TNL, and GHC
Should you be buying United Parks & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Parks & Resorts include International Game Technology (IGT), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Super Group (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Golden Entertainment (GDEN), Vail Resorts (MTN), Travel + Leisure (TNL), and Graham (GHC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) and United Parks & Resorts (NYSE:PRKS) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
International Game Technology presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.71%. United Parks & Resorts has a consensus price target of $60.40, suggesting a potential upside of 18.94%. Given United Parks & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe International Game Technology is more favorable than United Parks & Resorts.
International Game Technology has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Parks & Resorts has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
International Game Technology received 510 more outperform votes than United Parks & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave International Game Technology an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave United Parks & Resorts an outperform vote.
United Parks & Resorts has lower revenue, but higher earnings than International Game Technology. United Parks & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Game Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Parks & Resorts has a net margin of 13.56% compared to United Parks & Resorts' net margin of 3.62%. United Parks & Resorts' return on equity of 21.10% beat International Game Technology's return on equity.
44.3% of International Game Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of International Game Technology shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of United Parks & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, International Game Technology and International Game Technology both had 6 articles in the media. United Parks & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat International Game Technology's score of -0.16 indicating that International Game Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
International Game Technology beats United Parks & Resorts on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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