CHDN vs. CPHC, LVS, WMS, MGM, WYNN, CZR, BYD, IGT, PENN, and MCRI
Should you be buying Churchill Downs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Churchill Downs include Canterbury Park (CPHC), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), and Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI).
Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) and Canterbury Park (NASDAQ:CPHC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Canterbury Park has a net margin of 14.12% compared to Churchill Downs' net margin of 13.72%. Churchill Downs' return on equity of 44.99% beat Canterbury Park's return on equity.
Churchill Downs currently has a consensus target price of $145.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.16%. Given Churchill Downs' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Churchill Downs is more favorable than Canterbury Park.
Churchill Downs pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Canterbury Park pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Churchill Downs pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canterbury Park pays out 15.8% 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.
Churchill Downs has higher revenue and earnings than Canterbury Park. Canterbury Park is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Churchill Downs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Churchill Downs received 336 more outperform votes than Canterbury Park when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Canterbury Park an outperform vote while only 66.57% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Churchill Downs had 2 more articles in the media than Canterbury Park. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Churchill Downs and 3 mentions for Canterbury Park. Churchill Downs' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Canterbury Park's score of 0.00 indicating that Churchill Downs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.6% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.5% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Churchill Downs has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canterbury Park has a beta of -0.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Churchill Downs beats Canterbury Park on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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