CZR vs. BYD, WYNN, MGM, PENN, WH, CHH, RRR, MLCO, TNL, and ATAT
Should you be buying Caesars Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caesars Entertainment include Boyd Gaming (BYD), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), MGM Resorts International (MGM), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Travel + Leisure (TNL), and Atour Lifestyle (ATAT). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) and Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Boyd Gaming received 166 more outperform votes than Caesars Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.84% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Caesars Entertainment an outperform vote.
91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Boyd Gaming shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Boyd Gaming shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 8 more articles in the media than Boyd Gaming. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 17 mentions for Boyd Gaming. Caesars Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Boyd Gaming's score of 0.60 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Caesars Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $55.08, indicating a potential upside of 55.06%. Boyd Gaming has a consensus price target of $93.64, indicating a potential upside of 70.22%. Given Boyd Gaming's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boyd Gaming is more favorable than Caesars Entertainment.
Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Caesars Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Boyd Gaming. Boyd Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caesars Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boyd Gaming has a net margin of 14.91% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of 6.68%. Boyd Gaming's return on equity of 34.76% beat Caesars Entertainment's return on equity.
Summary
Caesars Entertainment and Boyd Gaming tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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