PENN vs. MCRI, BYD, CZR, ATAT, TNL, MLCO, PLYA, MSC, RRR, and CHH
Should you be buying PENN Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PENN Entertainment include Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Studio City International (MSC), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), and Choice Hotels International (CHH). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) and Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a net margin of 16.40% compared to PENN Entertainment's net margin of -17.77%. Monarch Casino & Resort's return on equity of 17.13% beat PENN Entertainment's return on equity.
In the previous week, PENN Entertainment had 19 more articles in the media than Monarch Casino & Resort. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for PENN Entertainment and 1 mentions for Monarch Casino & Resort. Monarch Casino & Resort's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat PENN Entertainment's score of 0.90 indicating that Monarch Casino & Resort is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PENN Entertainment received 478 more outperform votes than Monarch Casino & Resort when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.38% of users gave PENN Entertainment an outperform vote while only 65.47% of users gave Monarch Casino & Resort an outperform vote.
PENN Entertainment has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monarch Casino & Resort has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PENN Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $24.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.80%. Monarch Casino & Resort has a consensus price target of $73.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.96%. Given PENN Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PENN Entertainment is more favorable than Monarch Casino & Resort.
91.7% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Monarch Casino & Resort has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PENN Entertainment. PENN Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monarch Casino & Resort, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PENN Entertainment and Monarch Casino & Resort tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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