BC vs. RRR, NXST, PLNT, GIL, CHH, WHR, WH, BYD, LBTYA, and BFAM
Should you be buying Brunswick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brunswick include Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Whirlpool (WHR), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Liberty Global (LBTYA), and Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ:RRR) and Brunswick (NYSE:BC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Red Rock Resorts has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brunswick has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
47.8% of Red Rock Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Brunswick shares are held by institutional investors. 53.3% of Red Rock Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Brunswick shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Brunswick has higher revenue and earnings than Red Rock Resorts. Brunswick is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Red Rock Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Brunswick had 28 more articles in the media than Red Rock Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Brunswick and 5 mentions for Red Rock Resorts. Brunswick's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Red Rock Resorts' score of 0.41 indicating that Red Rock Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Red Rock Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $61.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.42%. Brunswick has a consensus price target of $92.83, indicating a potential upside of 14.14%. Given Red Rock Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brunswick is more favorable than Red Rock Resorts.
Red Rock Resorts has a net margin of 10.21% compared to Red Rock Resorts' net margin of 6.24%. Brunswick's return on equity of 114.32% beat Red Rock Resorts' return on equity.
Red Rock Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Brunswick pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Red Rock Resorts pays out 33.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brunswick pays out 31.2% 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. Brunswick has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Brunswick is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Brunswick received 388 more outperform votes than Red Rock Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.10% of users gave Brunswick an outperform vote while only 65.11% of users gave Red Rock Resorts an outperform vote.
Summary
Brunswick beats Red Rock Resorts on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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