TTC vs. CHDN, SKX, ROKU, SN, PSO, CZR, LNW, BIRK, NCLH, and PARA
Should you be buying Toro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toro include Churchill Downs (CHDN), Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Roku (ROKU), SharkNinja (SN), Pearson (PSO), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Light & Wonder (LNW), Birkenstock (BIRK), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), and Paramount Global (PARA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Toro (NYSE:TTC) and Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) 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 media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Toro currently has a consensus target price of $105.60, indicating a potential upside of 19.58%. Churchill Downs has a consensus target price of $144.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.82%. Given Toro's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Toro is more favorable than Churchill Downs.
88.0% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Churchill Downs shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Toro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Churchill Downs shares are held 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.
Toro has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Churchill Downs has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Toro received 28 more outperform votes than Churchill Downs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.82% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 66.62% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote.
Churchill Downs has a net margin of 13.72% compared to Toro's net margin of 6.53%. Churchill Downs' return on equity of 44.99% beat Toro's return on equity.
Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Churchill Downs pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Toro pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Churchill Downs pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Churchill Downs had 47 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Churchill Downs and 8 mentions for Toro. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Churchill Downs' score of 0.35 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Churchill Downs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Toro. Churchill Downs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Churchill Downs beats Toro on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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