HLT vs. LVS, IHG, H, MGM, LULU, CHTR, DKNG, RCL, EA, and TCOM
Should you be buying Hilton Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Worldwide include Las Vegas Sands (LVS), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Hyatt Hotels (H), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Charter Communications (CHTR), DraftKings (DKNG), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Electronic Arts (EA), and Trip.com Group (TCOM). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Las Vegas Sands received 469 more outperform votes than Hilton Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 70.67% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote.
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Hilton Worldwide. Las Vegas Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hilton Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $207.59, suggesting a potential upside of 4.98%. Las Vegas Sands has a consensus price target of $63.46, suggesting a potential upside of 42.47%. Given Las Vegas Sands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.
Las Vegas Sands has a net margin of 13.99% compared to Hilton Worldwide's net margin of 11.41%. Las Vegas Sands' return on equity of 42.34% beat Hilton Worldwide's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hilton Worldwide had 28 more articles in the media than Las Vegas Sands. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Hilton Worldwide and 10 mentions for Las Vegas Sands. Las Vegas Sands' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Hilton Worldwide's score of 0.72 indicating that Las Vegas Sands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Hilton Worldwide pays out 13.0% 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.
Summary
Las Vegas Sands beats Hilton Worldwide on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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