MSC vs. PLYA, BALY, MCRI, GHG, ATAT, PENN, TNL, MNRO, ACEL, and GTN.A
Should you be buying Studio City International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Studio City International include Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Bally's (BALY), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Monro (MNRO), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), and Gray Television (GTN.A). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA) and Studio City International (NYSE:MSC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Playa Hotels & Resorts received 141 more outperform votes than Studio City International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.43% of users gave Playa Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 54.26% of users gave Studio City International an outperform vote.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Studio City International has a beta of -0.47, indicating that its stock price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Studio City International. Studio City International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playa Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 6.52% compared to Playa Hotels & Resorts' net margin of -21.06%. Studio City International's return on equity of 12.08% beat Playa Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.
Playa Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.06%. Studio City International has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.66%. Given Studio City International's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Playa Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Studio City International.
In the previous week, Playa Hotels & Resorts had 1 more articles in the media than Studio City International. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Playa Hotels & Resorts and 1 mentions for Studio City International. Studio City International's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Playa Hotels & Resorts' score of -1.82 indicating that Playa Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 54.9% of Studio City International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Playa Hotels & Resorts beats Studio City International on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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