SIX vs. MTN, FUN, RSI, SGHC, MSGE, PRKS, GDEN, IGT, MSGS, and CABO
Should you be buying Six Flags Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Six Flags Entertainment include Vail Resorts (MTN), Cedar Fair (FUN), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Super Group (SGHC), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Golden Entertainment (GDEN), International Game Technology (IGT), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), and Cable One (CABO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) and Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Six Flags Entertainment had 4 more articles in the media than Vail Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment and 12 mentions for Vail Resorts. Six Flags Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Vail Resorts' score of 0.40 indicating that Vail Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vail Resorts has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Vail Resorts' net margin of 1.84%. Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity of 19.16% beat Vail Resorts' return on equity.
Vail Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Six Flags Entertainment. Vail Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Six Flags Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vail Resorts received 41 more outperform votes than Six Flags Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote while only 66.86% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.
Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vail Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $260.11, indicating a potential upside of 27.28%. Six Flags Entertainment has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.82%. Given Six Flags Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Six Flags Entertainment on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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