TNL vs. MLCO, PENN, ATAT, MCRI, PLYA, WH, CHH, BYD, RRR, and CZR
Should you be buying Travel + Leisure stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Travel + Leisure include Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Caesars Entertainment (CZR). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Travel + Leisure (NYSE:TNL) and Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Travel + Leisure has a net margin of 10.59% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -7.35%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity of 0.00% beat Travel + Leisure's return on equity.
87.5% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Travel + Leisure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Travel + Leisure has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Travel + Leisure pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.6520 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Travel + Leisure pays out 37.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Melco Resorts & Entertainment pays out -103.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Travel + Leisure had 18 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Travel + Leisure and 2 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Travel + Leisure's score of 0.56 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Travel + Leisure currently has a consensus price target of $55.86, indicating a potential upside of 22.25%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a consensus price target of $14.78, indicating a potential upside of 134.15%. Given Melco Resorts & Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than Travel + Leisure.
Travel + Leisure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Travel + Leisure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 546 more outperform votes than Travel + Leisure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.27% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Travel + Leisure an outperform vote.
Summary
Travel + Leisure beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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