PRKS vs. IGT, SIX, FUN, MSGS, SGHC, RSI, MSGE, GDEN, MTN, and TNL
Should you be buying United Parks & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Parks & Resorts include International Game Technology (IGT), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Cedar Fair (FUN), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Super Group (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Golden Entertainment (GDEN), Vail Resorts (MTN), and Travel + Leisure (TNL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) and United Parks & Resorts (NYSE:PRKS) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.
International Game Technology presently has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.19%. United Parks & Resorts has a consensus target price of $59.80, indicating a potential upside of 11.38%. Given United Parks & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe International Game Technology is more favorable than United Parks & Resorts.
International Game Technology received 509 more outperform votes than United Parks & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.13% of users gave International Game Technology an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave United Parks & Resorts an outperform vote.
International Game Technology has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Parks & Resorts has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Parks & Resorts had 20 more articles in the media than International Game Technology. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for United Parks & Resorts and 5 mentions for International Game Technology. International Game Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat United Parks & Resorts' score of 0.46 indicating that United Parks & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United Parks & Resorts has a net margin of 13.56% compared to United Parks & Resorts' net margin of 3.62%. United Parks & Resorts' return on equity of 21.10% beat International Game Technology's return on equity.
United Parks & Resorts has lower revenue, but higher earnings than International Game Technology. United Parks & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Game Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.3% of International Game Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of International Game Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of United Parks & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
International Game Technology beats United Parks & Resorts on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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