ASAI vs. VAC, KTB, MLCO, PWSC, GHC, TNL, IGT, RLX, LRN, and GOLF
Should you be buying Sendas Distribuidora stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sendas Distribuidora include Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), PowerSchool (PWSC), Graham (GHC), Travel + Leisure (TNL), International Game Technology (IGT), RLX Technology (RLX), Stride (LRN), and Acushnet (GOLF). 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide currently has a consensus price target of $112.22, suggesting a potential upside of 12.38%. Sendas Distribuidora has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.98%. Given Marriott Vacations Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sendas Distribuidora is more favorable than Marriott Vacations Worldwide.
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 56.2% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Marriott Vacations Worldwide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Marriott Vacations Worldwide had 4 more articles in the media than Sendas Distribuidora. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Marriott Vacations Worldwide and 3 mentions for Sendas Distribuidora. Sendas Distribuidora's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Marriott Vacations Worldwide's score of 0.54 indicating that Marriott Vacations Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide received 456 more outperform votes than Sendas Distribuidora when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.57% of users gave Marriott Vacations Worldwide an outperform vote while only 43.48% of users gave Sendas Distribuidora an outperform vote.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sendas Distribuidora has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 net margin of 4.50% compared to Marriott Vacations Worldwide's net margin of 1.02%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's return on equity of 15.74% beat Sendas Distribuidora's return on equity.
Summary
Marriott Vacations Worldwide beats Sendas Distribuidora on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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