HLT vs. LVS, MAR, IHG, H, HTHT, MGM, LULU, CHTR, DKNG, and RCL
Should you be buying Hilton Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Worldwide include Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Marriott International (MAR), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Hyatt Hotels (H), H World Group (HTHT), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), Charter Communications (CHTR), DraftKings (DKNG), and Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) and Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Hilton Worldwide. Las Vegas Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Hilton Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Las Vegas Sands pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hilton Worldwide pays out 13.0% 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.
Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Worldwide has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.9% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Hilton Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 1 more articles in the media than Hilton Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 13 mentions for Hilton Worldwide. Hilton Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Las Vegas Sands' score of 0.43 indicating that Las Vegas Sands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Las Vegas Sands has a net margin of 13.99% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of 11.41%. Hilton Worldwide's return on equity of 42.34% beat Las Vegas Sands' return on equity.
Las Vegas Sands currently has a consensus target price of $63.46, suggesting a potential upside of 36.36%. Hilton Worldwide has a consensus target price of $207.59, suggesting a potential downside of 0.24%. Given Hilton Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Hilton Worldwide.
Las Vegas Sands received 469 more outperform votes than Hilton Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 70.67% of users gave Hilton Worldwide an outperform vote.
Summary
Las Vegas Sands beats Hilton Worldwide on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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