IGT vs. MSGS, PRKS, FUN, SIX, RSI, SGHC, MSGE, MTN, GOLF, and ASO
Should you be buying International Game Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Game Technology include Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Cedar Fair (FUN), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Super Group (SGHC), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Vail Resorts (MTN), Acushnet (GOLF), and Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) and Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE:MSGS) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
44.3% of International Game Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.9% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of International Game Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of Madison Square Garden Sports shares are owned by 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.
International Game Technology currently has a consensus target price of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 36.19%. Given International Game Technology's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe International Game Technology is more favorable than Madison Square Garden Sports.
International Game Technology has higher revenue and earnings than Madison Square Garden Sports. International Game Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Madison Square Garden Sports, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, International Game Technology had 11 more articles in the media than Madison Square Garden Sports. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for International Game Technology and 14 mentions for Madison Square Garden Sports. International Game Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Madison Square Garden Sports' score of 0.23 indicating that International Game Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.
International Game Technology received 504 more outperform votes than Madison Square Garden Sports when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.07% of users gave International Game Technology an outperform vote while only 34.48% of users gave Madison Square Garden Sports an outperform vote.
International Game Technology has a net margin of 4.98% compared to Madison Square Garden Sports' net margin of 2.59%. International Game Technology's return on equity of 20.84% beat Madison Square Garden Sports' return on equity.
International Game Technology has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Madison Square Garden Sports has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
International Game Technology beats Madison Square Garden Sports on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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