PWSC vs. MLCO, YETI, KTB, VAC, ASAI, GHC, PRKS, GOLF, IGT, and PLTK
Should you be buying PowerSchool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PowerSchool include Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), YETI (YETI), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), Graham (GHC), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Acushnet (GOLF), International Game Technology (IGT), and Playtika (PLTK). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) and PowerSchool (NYSE:PWSC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $13.82, suggesting a potential upside of 61.07%. PowerSchool has a consensus target price of $25.44, suggesting a potential upside of 29.09%. Given PowerSchool's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than PowerSchool.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PowerSchool has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 516 more outperform votes than PowerSchool when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote while only 58.89% of users gave PowerSchool an outperform vote.
In the previous week, PowerSchool had 11 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for PowerSchool and 2 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. PowerSchool's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's score of 0.25 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of PowerSchool shares are held by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PowerSchool 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.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a net margin of -4.34% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -5.37%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity of 6.13% beat PowerSchool's return on equity.
PowerSchool has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. PowerSchool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Melco Resorts & Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Melco Resorts & Entertainment and PowerSchool tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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