DLB vs. CZR, MHK, MTN, LBRDA, LBRDK, AS, PARA, WSC, LNW, and HRB
Should you be buying Dolby Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dolby Laboratories include Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Mohawk Industries (MHK), Vail Resorts (MTN), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Amer Sports (AS), Paramount Global (PARA), WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC), Light & Wonder (LNW), and H&R Block (HRB). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) and Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Caesars Entertainment received 81 more outperform votes than Dolby Laboratories when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.55% of users gave Caesars Entertainment an outperform vote while only 57.53% of users gave Dolby Laboratories an outperform vote.
Caesars Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Dolby Laboratories. Caesars Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dolby Laboratories, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dolby Laboratories has a net margin of 15.00% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of 6.68%. Dolby Laboratories' return on equity of 10.15% beat Caesars Entertainment's return on equity.
In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 19 more articles in the media than Dolby Laboratories. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 6 mentions for Dolby Laboratories. Caesars Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Dolby Laboratories' score of 0.66 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dolby Laboratories presently has a consensus target price of $98.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.88%. Caesars Entertainment has a consensus target price of $55.08, suggesting a potential upside of 55.06%. Given Caesars Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Dolby Laboratories.
Dolby Laboratories has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
58.6% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 39.5% of Dolby Laboratories shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Caesars Entertainment beats Dolby Laboratories on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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