LVS vs. MGM, WYNN, HLT, IHG, H, HTHT, EA, TCOM, RCL, and DKNG
Should you be buying Las Vegas Sands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Las Vegas Sands include MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Hyatt Hotels (H), H World Group (HTHT), Electronic Arts (EA), Trip.com Group (TCOM), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), and DraftKings (DKNG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
MGM Resorts International presently has a consensus target price of $54.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.63%. Las Vegas Sands has a consensus target price of $63.46, indicating a potential upside of 38.26%. Given MGM Resorts International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than MGM Resorts International.
Las Vegas Sands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MGM Resorts International. MGM Resorts International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Las Vegas Sands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MGM Resorts International has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MGM Resorts International had 25 more articles in the media than Las Vegas Sands. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for MGM Resorts International and 8 mentions for Las Vegas Sands. Las Vegas Sands' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat MGM Resorts International's score of 0.59 indicating that MGM Resorts International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
68.1% of MGM Resorts International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of MGM Resorts International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MGM Resorts International received 5 more outperform votes than Las Vegas Sands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.70% of users gave MGM Resorts International an outperform vote while only 71.45% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote.
Las Vegas Sands has a net margin of 13.99% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of 7.07%. MGM Resorts International's return on equity of 42.34% beat Las Vegas Sands' return on equity.
Summary
MGM Resorts International beats Las Vegas Sands on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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