Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) Competitors

Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO) and H World Group (NASDAQ:HTHT) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MLCO or HTHT?

Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 85 more outperform votes than H World Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.21% of users gave H World Group an outperform vote while only 62.38% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	Outperform Votes 572 62.38%	Underperform Votes 345 37.62%
H World Group	Outperform Votes 487 68.21%	Underperform Votes 227 31.79%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MLCO or HTHT?

H World Group has higher revenue and earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H World Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	$4.54B	0.57	-$326.92M	-$0.22	-27.95
H World Group	$23.30B	0.47	$575M	$1.65	20.28

Is MLCO or HTHT a better dividend stock?

Melco Resorts & Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.6520 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. H World Group pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment pays out -296.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H World Group pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Melco Resorts & Entertainment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is MLCO or HTHT more profitable?

H World Group has a net margin of 15.97% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -2.04%. H World Group's return on equity of 30.41% beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	-2.04%	-16.35%	1.73%
H World Group	15.97%	30.41%	6.04%

Which has more risk & volatility, MLCO or HTHT?

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H World Group has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer MLCO or HTHT?

Melco Resorts & Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $9.40, indicating a potential upside of 52.85%. H World Group has a consensus target price of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 39.83%. Given Melco Resorts & Entertainment's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than H World Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
H World Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MLCO or HTHT?

39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.4% of H World Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.4% of H World Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to MLCO or HTHT?

In the previous week, Melco Resorts & Entertainment had 3 more articles in the media than H World Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment and 2 mentions for H World Group. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat H World Group's score of 0.02 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Melco Resorts & Entertainment	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
H World Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

H World Group beats Melco Resorts & Entertainment on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.