IGT vs. MSGS, PRKS, SIX, FUN, MSGE, RSI, MTN, GOLF, LOPE, and IQ
Should you be buying International Game Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Game Technology include Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Cedar Fair (FUN), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Vail Resorts (MTN), Acushnet (GOLF), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), and iQIYI (IQ). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) and Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
International Game Technology has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Madison Square Garden Sports has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
44.3% of International Game Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of International Game Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
International Game Technology received 502 more outperform votes than Madison Square Garden Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave International Game Technology an outperform vote while only 34.48% of users gave Madison Square Garden Sports an outperform vote.
International Game Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Madison Square Garden Sports. International Game Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Madison Square Garden Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Madison Square Garden Sports had 7 more articles in the media than International Game Technology. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Madison Square Garden Sports and 5 mentions for International Game Technology. International Game Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Madison Square Garden Sports' score of 0.29 indicating that International Game Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
International Game Technology presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 55.78%. Given International Game Technology's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe International Game Technology is more favorable than Madison Square Garden Sports.
Madison Square Garden Sports has a net margin of 4.38% compared to International Game Technology's net margin of 3.62%. International Game Technology's return on equity of 21.10% beat Madison Square Garden Sports' return on equity.
Summary
International Game Technology beats Madison Square Garden Sports on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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