SIX vs. MTN, FUN, MSGE, RSI, GDEN, PRKS, XPOF, IGT, MSGS, and VSTO
Should you be buying Six Flags Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Six Flags Entertainment include Vail Resorts (MTN), Cedar Fair (FUN), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Golden Entertainment (GDEN), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Xponential Fitness (XPOF), International Game Technology (IGT), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), and Vista Outdoor (VSTO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) and Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vail Resorts received 41 more outperform votes than Six Flags Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote while only 67.16% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vail Resorts had 9 more articles in the media than Six Flags Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Vail Resorts and 16 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment. Six Flags Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Vail Resorts' score of 0.09 indicating that Six Flags Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Six Flags Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $28.31, indicating a potential upside of 20.56%. Vail Resorts has a consensus target price of $260.11, indicating a potential upside of 30.70%. Given Vail Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.
98.0% 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by company 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 has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Six Flags Entertainment's net margin of 2.73%. Vail Resorts' return on equity of 19.16% beat Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Six Flags Entertainment on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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