LVS vs. MGM, WYNN, HLT, IHG, H, HTHT, MAR, EA, TCOM, and RCL
Should you be buying Las Vegas Sands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Las Vegas Sands include MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Hyatt Hotels (H), H World Group (HTHT), Marriott International (MAR), Electronic Arts (EA), Trip.com Group (TCOM), and Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) and Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Las Vegas Sands has a net margin of 13.99% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of 5.35%. MGM Resorts International's return on equity of 42.34% beat Las Vegas Sands' return on equity.
In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 7 more articles in the media than MGM Resorts International. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 8 mentions for MGM Resorts International. Las Vegas Sands' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat MGM Resorts International's score of 0.70 indicating that MGM Resorts International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MGM Resorts International presently has a consensus target price of $54.83, indicating a potential upside of 33.64%. Las Vegas Sands has a consensus target price of $63.46, indicating a potential upside of 34.94%. Given MGM Resorts International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than MGM Resorts International.
MGM Resorts International has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its stock price is 122% 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.
MGM Resorts International received 9 more outperform votes than Las Vegas Sands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.71% of users gave MGM Resorts International an outperform vote while only 71.45% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote.
Las Vegas Sands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MGM Resorts International. MGM Resorts International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Las Vegas Sands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
68.1% of MGM Resorts International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of MGM Resorts International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
MGM Resorts International beats Las Vegas Sands on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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