MTN vs. SIX, MSGS, IGT, PRKS, FUN, AS, LBRDA, LBRDK, MHK, and WSC
Should you be buying Vail Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vail Resorts include Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), International Game Technology (IGT), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Cedar Fair (FUN), Amer Sports (AS), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Mohawk Industries (MHK), and WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) and Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Six Flags Entertainment had 1 more articles in the media than Vail Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment and 14 mentions for Vail Resorts. Six Flags Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Vail Resorts' score of 0.44 indicating that Six Flags Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vail Resorts received 41 more outperform votes than Six Flags Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote while only 67.08% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.
Vail Resorts has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Six Flags Entertainment's net margin of 2.73%. Vail Resorts' return on equity of 19.16% beat Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity.
Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vail Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Six Flags Entertainment. Vail Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Six Flags Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vail Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $260.11, indicating a potential upside of 31.17%. Six Flags Entertainment has a consensus target price of $28.31, indicating a potential upside of 13.91%. Given Vail Resorts' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Six Flags Entertainment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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