Red Rock Resorts (RRR) Competitors

Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ:RRR) and InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend RRR or IHG?

Red Rock Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $57.33, indicating a potential upside of 39.09%. Given Red Rock Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Red Rock Resorts is more favorable than InterContinental Hotels Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Red Rock Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
InterContinental Hotels Group	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RRR or IHG?

InterContinental Hotels Group has higher revenue and earnings than Red Rock Resorts. Red Rock Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InterContinental Hotels 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
Red Rock Resorts	$1.94B	2.25	$154.05M	$2.51	16.42
InterContinental Hotels Group	$4.92B	3.31	$750M	$5.64	18.41

Does the media refer more to RRR or IHG?

In the previous week, Red Rock Resorts had 1 more articles in the media than InterContinental Hotels Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Red Rock Resorts and 14 mentions for InterContinental Hotels Group. InterContinental Hotels Group's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Red Rock Resorts' score of 0.72 indicating that InterContinental Hotels Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Red Rock Resorts	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
InterContinental Hotels Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RRR or IHG?

Red Rock Resorts received 5 more outperform votes than InterContinental Hotels Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Red Rock Resorts an outperform vote while only 51.28% of users gave InterContinental Hotels Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Red Rock Resorts	Outperform Votes 405 64.39%	Underperform Votes 224 35.61%
InterContinental Hotels Group	Outperform Votes 400 51.28%	Underperform Votes 380 48.72%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RRR or IHG?

47.8% of Red Rock Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of InterContinental Hotels Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.3% of Red Rock Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is RRR or IHG a better dividend stock?

Red Rock Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. InterContinental Hotels Group pays an annual dividend of $2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Red Rock Resorts pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InterContinental Hotels Group pays out 39.4% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, RRR or IHG?

Red Rock Resorts has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InterContinental Hotels Group has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RRR or IHG more profitable?

Red Rock Resorts has a net margin of 7.94% compared to InterContinental Hotels Group's net margin of 0.00%. Red Rock Resorts' return on equity of 71.00% beat InterContinental Hotels Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Red Rock Resorts	7.94%	71.00%	3.85%
InterContinental Hotels Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Red Rock Resorts beats InterContinental Hotels Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.