PLYA vs. MCRI, BALY, GHG, FLL, PENN, CNTY, ATAT, TNL, MLCO, and GIII
Should you be buying Playa Hotels & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Playa Hotels & Resorts include Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Bally's (BALY), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Century Casinos (CNTY), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), and G-III Apparel Group (GIII). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) and Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
62.4% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.9% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of Playa Hotels & 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.
Monarch Casino & Resort received 81 more outperform votes than Playa Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Monarch Casino & Resort an outperform vote while only 62.43% of users gave Playa Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Monarch Casino & Resort's net margin of 6.52%. Playa Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 17.13% beat Monarch Casino & Resort's return on equity.
Monarch Casino & Resort has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Playa Hotels & Resorts. Monarch Casino & Resort is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playa Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Playa Hotels & Resorts had 17 more articles in the media than Monarch Casino & Resort. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Playa Hotels & Resorts and 3 mentions for Monarch Casino & Resort. Playa Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Monarch Casino & Resort's score of 0.47 indicating that Monarch Casino & Resort is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playa Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Monarch Casino & Resort currently has a consensus target price of $73.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.27%. Playa Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.99%. Given Monarch Casino & Resort's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Playa Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Monarch Casino & Resort.
Summary
Monarch Casino & Resort beats Playa Hotels & Resorts on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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