VAC vs. ASAI, PRKS, YETI, GHC, TNL, MLCO, KTB, GOLF, LOPE, and IQ
Should you be buying Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott Vacations Worldwide include Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), YETI (YETI), Graham (GHC), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Acushnet (GOLF), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), and iQIYI (IQ). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) and Sendas Distribuidora (NYSE:ASAI) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sendas Distribuidora. Marriott Vacations Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sendas Distribuidora, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sendas Distribuidora has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Sendas Distribuidora had 4 more articles in the media than Marriott Vacations Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Sendas Distribuidora and 4 mentions for Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Sendas Distribuidora's score of -0.06 indicating that Marriott Vacations Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Sendas Distribuidora pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sendas Distribuidora pays out 9.4% 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.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a net margin of 5.37% compared to Sendas Distribuidora's net margin of 1.07%. Sendas Distribuidora's return on equity of 16.78% beat Marriott Vacations Worldwide's return on equity.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide presently has a consensus target price of $109.71, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. Sendas Distribuidora has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.09%. Given Sendas Distribuidora's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sendas Distribuidora is more favorable than Marriott Vacations Worldwide.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide received 454 more outperform votes than Sendas Distribuidora when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.56% of users gave Marriott Vacations Worldwide an outperform vote while only 43.48% of users gave Sendas Distribuidora an outperform vote.
Summary
Marriott Vacations Worldwide beats Sendas Distribuidora on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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