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.
Studio City International (NYSE:MSC) and Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Studio City International has a beta of -0.47, suggesting that its share price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playa Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Studio City International currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.26%. Playa Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.69%. Given Studio City International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Studio City International is more favorable than Playa Hotels & Resorts.
74.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.9% of Studio City International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Playa Hotels & Resorts had 5 more articles in the media than Studio City International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Playa Hotels & Resorts and 1 mentions for Studio City International. Playa Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Studio City International's score of -0.71 indicating that Playa Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 Studio City International's net margin of -21.06%. Playa Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 12.08% beat Studio City International's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Playa Hotels & Resorts beats Studio City International on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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