VAC vs. PRKS, PWSC, KTB, ASAI, TNL, GHC, LOPE, YETI, UAA, and MODG
Should you be buying Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott Vacations Worldwide include United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), PowerSchool (PWSC), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Graham (GHC), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), YETI (YETI), Under Armour (UAA), and Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
United Parks & Resorts (NYSE:PRKS) and Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than United Parks & Resorts. United Parks & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marriott Vacations Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Parks & Resorts has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of United Parks & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
United Parks & Resorts has a net margin of 13.56% compared to United Parks & Resorts' net margin of 5.37%. United Parks & Resorts' return on equity of 13.21% beat Marriott Vacations Worldwide's return on equity.
United Parks & Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $60.40, indicating a potential upside of 18.94%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a consensus price target of $109.71, indicating a potential upside of 8.77%. Given Marriott Vacations Worldwide's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe United Parks & Resorts is more favorable than Marriott Vacations Worldwide.
In the previous week, Marriott Vacations Worldwide had 2 more articles in the media than United Parks & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Marriott Vacations Worldwide and 4 mentions for United Parks & Resorts. United Parks & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Marriott Vacations Worldwide's score of -0.19 indicating that Marriott Vacations Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide received 462 more outperform votes than United Parks & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.56% of users gave Marriott Vacations Worldwide an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave United Parks & Resorts an outperform vote.
Summary
Marriott Vacations Worldwide beats United Parks & Resorts on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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