MCRI vs. PLYA, FLL, RLH, CNTY, PK, IGT, PENN, LVS, WMS, and MGM
Should you be buying Monarch Casino & Resort stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monarch Casino & Resort include Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Full House Resorts (FLL), Red Lion Hotels (RLH), Century Casinos (CNTY), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), and MGM Resorts International (MGM).
Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) and Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Monarch Casino & Resort received 81 more outperform votes than Playa Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Monarch Casino & Resort an outperform vote while only 62.43% of users gave Playa Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Playa Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Playa Hotels & Resorts had 1 more articles in the media than Monarch Casino & Resort. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Playa Hotels & Resorts and 4 mentions for Monarch Casino & Resort. Playa Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Monarch Casino & Resort's score of 0.56 indicating that Playa Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Monarch Casino & Resort presently has a consensus price target of $73.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.50%. Playa Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.85%. Given Playa Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Playa Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Monarch Casino & Resort.
Monarch Casino & Resort has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Playa Hotels & Resorts. Monarch Casino & Resort is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playa Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.4% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 24.9% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company 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.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Playa Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 6.52%. Monarch Casino & Resort's return on equity of 17.13% beat Playa Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.
Summary
Monarch Casino & Resort beats Playa Hotels & Resorts on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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