WMS vs. LVS, MGM, CHDN, WYNN, CZR, BYD, IGT, PENN, MCRI, and URI
Should you be buying Advanced Drainage Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Drainage Systems include Las Vegas Sands (LVS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), and United Rentals (URI).
Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Advanced Drainage Systems currently has a consensus price target of $181.88, suggesting a potential upside of 4.02%. Las Vegas Sands has a consensus price target of $58.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.66%. Given Las Vegas Sands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Advanced Drainage Systems.
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Drainage Systems. Las Vegas Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Drainage Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
89.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Advanced Drainage Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Advanced Drainage Systems pays out 9.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Las Vegas Sands pays out 38.6% 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.
Advanced Drainage Systems has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of 14.08%. Advanced Drainage Systems' return on equity of 46.93% beat Las Vegas Sands' return on equity.
Advanced Drainage Systems has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Las Vegas Sands received 938 more outperform votes than Advanced Drainage Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.55% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 53.19% of users gave Advanced Drainage Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 40 more articles in the media than Advanced Drainage Systems. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 7 mentions for Advanced Drainage Systems. Advanced Drainage Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Las Vegas Sands' score of 0.04 indicating that Advanced Drainage Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Advanced Drainage Systems beats Las Vegas Sands on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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