LVS vs. WMS, MGM, WYNN, CHDN, CZR, BYD, IGT, PENN, MCRI, and MAR
Should you be buying Las Vegas Sands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Las Vegas Sands include Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), and Marriott International (MAR).
Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Advanced Drainage Systems currently has a consensus target price of $181.88, indicating a potential upside of 4.83%. Las Vegas Sands has a consensus target price of $63.46, indicating a potential upside of 40.93%. Given Advanced Drainage Systems' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Advanced Drainage Systems.
Las Vegas Sands received 927 more outperform votes than Advanced Drainage Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 53.27% of users gave Advanced Drainage Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Advanced Drainage Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Las Vegas Sands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Advanced Drainage Systems and 11 mentions for Las Vegas Sands. Advanced Drainage Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Las Vegas Sands' score of 0.88 indicating that Las Vegas Sands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Advanced Drainage Systems has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Advanced Drainage Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Advanced Drainage Systems pays out 8.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Las Vegas Sands pays out 38.6% 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. Advanced Drainage Systems has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
Advanced Drainage Systems has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Advanced Drainage Systems' net margin of 13.99%. Las Vegas Sands' return on equity of 46.93% beat Advanced Drainage Systems' return on equity.
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Drainage Systems. Las Vegas Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Drainage Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Advanced Drainage Systems beats Las Vegas Sands on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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