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LNW vs. CZR, WIT, TTD, PTC, HUBS, ZM, PINS, CYBR, CHKP, and GDDY

Should you be buying Light & Wonder stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light & Wonder include Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Wipro (WIT), Trade Desk (TTD), PTC (PTC), HubSpot (HUBS), Zoom Communications (ZM), Pinterest (PINS), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), and GoDaddy (GDDY).

Light & Wonder vs. Its Competitors

Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) and Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and media sentiment.

91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Light & Wonder has a net margin of 10.89% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of -1.71%. Light & Wonder's return on equity of 71.17% beat Caesars Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Caesars Entertainment-1.71% -4.55% -0.60%
Light & Wonder 10.89%71.17%8.73%

Light & Wonder has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Light & Wonder, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Caesars Entertainment$11.25B0.50-$278M-$0.92-29.62
Light & Wonder$3.19B2.42$336M$3.9623.19

Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Caesars Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $42.47, suggesting a potential upside of 55.84%. Light & Wonder has a consensus target price of $104.11, suggesting a potential upside of 13.37%. Given Caesars Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Light & Wonder.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Caesars Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Light & Wonder
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 5 more articles in the media than Light & Wonder. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 10 mentions for Light & Wonder. Caesars Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Light & Wonder's score of 0.99 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Caesars Entertainment
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Light & Wonder
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Light & Wonder beats Caesars Entertainment on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LNW vs. The Competition

MetricLight & WonderGAMING IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$7.71B$9.78B$8.57B$9.84B
Dividend YieldN/A2.06%3.06%4.02%
P/E Ratio23.1921.0017.8926.60
Price / Sales2.4219.515.24121.37
Price / Cash9.8820.5216.9759.36
Price / Book10.9811.794.806.67
Net Income$336M$18.31M$227.38M$265.59M
7 Day Performance1.99%2.05%3.53%3.42%
1 Month Performance-7.01%-4.40%13.92%1.09%
1 Year Performance-14.34%16.10%51.42%23.85%

Light & Wonder Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNW
Light & Wonder
4.2944 of 5 stars
$91.83
-1.6%
$104.11
+13.4%
-13.8%$7.71B$3.19B23.196,800
CZR
Caesars Entertainment
4.1565 of 5 stars
$26.75
flat
$42.47
+58.8%
-28.7%$5.56B$11.25B-29.0822,000Positive News
WIT
Wipro
2.14 of 5 stars
$2.84
+0.7%
N/A-54.4%$29.50B$10.43B18.32233,346News Coverage
TTD
Trade Desk
3.905 of 5 stars
$52.37
-1.6%
$88.58
+69.1%
-49.3%$26.01B$2.44B63.103,522
PTC
PTC
4.628 of 5 stars
$214.35
-0.3%
$202.14
-5.7%
+23.0%$25.76B$2.30B50.557,501Positive News
HUBS
HubSpot
4.8827 of 5 stars
$468.50
-1.2%
$726.04
+55.0%
-6.6%$24.99B$2.63B-2,036.948,246Positive News
ZM
Zoom Communications
4.6309 of 5 stars
$81.35
-1.4%
$89.04
+9.5%
+12.6%$24.95B$4.67B21.467,412Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
PINS
Pinterest
4.2872 of 5 stars
$35.54
-0.2%
$42.40
+19.3%
+14.9%$24.21B$3.65B12.744,666Positive News
Insider Trade
CYBR
CyberArk Software
2.07 of 5 stars
$438.91
-0.5%
$435.11
-0.9%
+58.3%$21.81B$1.00B-130.241,205Positive News
Analyst Revision
CHKP
Check Point Software Technologies
4.8396 of 5 stars
$187.72
-1.4%
$228.50
+21.7%
+1.3%$20.94B$2.57B24.446,669Positive News
GDDY
GoDaddy
4.9444 of 5 stars
$145.94
-0.8%
$202.43
+38.7%
-10.2%$20.36B$4.57B26.065,518Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:LNW) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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