MLCO vs. WYNN, WH, CZR, CHH, BYD, RRR, ATAT, TNL, PENN, and PK
Should you be buying Melco Resorts & Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melco Resorts & Entertainment include Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Travel + Leisure (TNL), PENN Entertainment (PENN), and Park Hotels & Resorts (PK). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment vs.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) 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 community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Wynn Resorts received 821 more outperform votes than Melco Resorts & Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.89% of users gave Wynn Resorts an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.
Wynn Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wynn Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of Wynn Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Wynn Resorts shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wynn Resorts has a net margin of 13.37% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -2.04%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity of -16.35% beat Wynn Resorts' return on equity.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $9.40, suggesting a potential upside of 68.16%. Wynn Resorts has a consensus price target of $117.23, suggesting a potential upside of 35.90%. Given Melco Resorts & Entertainment's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than Wynn Resorts.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wynn Resorts has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Wynn Resorts had 1 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Wynn Resorts and 6 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Wynn Resorts' score of 0.80 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Wynn Resorts beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:MLCO) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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