MLCO vs. WYND, TNL, BYD, PENN, ATAT, RRR, CHH, WH, MCRI, and PLYA
Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include Wyndham Destinations (WYND), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Boyd Gaming (BYD), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), and Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) and Wyndham Destinations (NYSE:WYND) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Wyndham Destinations has higher revenue and earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wyndham Destinations, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wyndham Destinations has a net margin of 0.13% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -4.34%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity of -7.61% beat Wyndham Destinations' return on equity.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wyndham Destinations has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.
39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Wyndham Destinations shares are held by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Wyndham Destinations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $13.25, suggesting a potential upside of 67.72%. Given Melco Resorts & Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than Wyndham Destinations.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 432 more outperform votes than Wyndham Destinations when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.99% of users gave Wyndham Destinations an outperform vote while only 62.43% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Melco Resorts & Entertainment had 3 more articles in the media than Wyndham Destinations. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment and 6 mentions for Wyndham Destinations. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Wyndham Destinations' score of 0.00 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Wyndham Destinations beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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