CoreCivic (CXW) Competitors

CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Do analysts recommend CXW or RHP?

CoreCivic presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.38%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus target price of $118.29, indicating a potential upside of 12.58%. Given CoreCivic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CoreCivic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CXW or RHP?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than CoreCivic. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoreCivic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CoreCivic	$1.90B	0.94	$67.59M	$0.56	28.66
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.19B	2.87	$311.22M	$4.83	21.75

Does the media refer more to CXW or RHP?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 5 more articles in the media than CoreCivic. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 2 mentions for CoreCivic. CoreCivic's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' score of 0.53 indicating that CoreCivic is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CoreCivic	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryman Hospitality Properties	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CXW or RHP?

85.1% of CoreCivic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of CoreCivic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CXW or RHP?

CoreCivic received 40 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.10% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 57.52% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CoreCivic	Outperform Votes 388 65.10%	Underperform Votes 208 34.90%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 348 57.52%	Underperform Votes 257 42.48%

Which has more risk and volatility, CXW or RHP?

CoreCivic has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CXW or RHP more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 13.35% compared to CoreCivic's net margin of 3.34%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 56.37% beat CoreCivic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CoreCivic	3.34%	5.74%	2.73%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	13.35%	56.37%	5.76%

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats CoreCivic on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.