Wynn Resorts (WYNN) Competitors

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LVS or WYNN?

39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Wynn Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer LVS or WYNN?

Las Vegas Sands presently has a consensus target price of $59.42, suggesting a potential upside of 85.10%. Wynn Resorts has a consensus target price of $119.58, suggesting a potential upside of 62.39%. Given Las Vegas Sands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Wynn Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Las Vegas Sands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Wynn Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LVS or WYNN?

Wynn Resorts received 103 more outperform votes than Las Vegas Sands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.58% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 68.93% of users gave Wynn Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Las Vegas Sands	Outperform Votes 1297 71.58%	Underperform Votes 515 28.42%
Wynn Resorts	Outperform Votes 1400 68.93%	Underperform Votes 631 31.07%

Which has more risk and volatility, LVS or WYNN?

Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wynn Resorts has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LVS or WYNN a better dividend stock?

Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Wynn Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Las Vegas Sands pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wynn Resorts pays out 23.8% 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 preferable earnings & valuation, LVS or WYNN?

Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Wynn Resorts. Las Vegas Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wynn Resorts, 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
Las Vegas Sands	$11.30B	2.01	$1.45B	$1.97	16.29
Wynn Resorts	$7.13B	1.10	$501.08M	$4.21	17.49

Does the media refer more to LVS or WYNN?

In the previous week, Wynn Resorts had 10 more articles in the media than Las Vegas Sands. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Wynn Resorts and 23 mentions for Las Vegas Sands. Las Vegas Sands' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Wynn Resorts' score of 1.01 indicating that Las Vegas Sands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Las Vegas Sands	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wynn Resorts	18 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LVS or WYNN more profitable?

Las Vegas Sands has a net margin of 12.80% compared to Wynn Resorts' net margin of 7.03%. Las Vegas Sands' return on equity of 45.82% beat Wynn Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Las Vegas Sands	12.80%	45.82%	8.00%
Wynn Resorts	7.03%	-71.17%	5.13%

Summary

Las Vegas Sands beats Wynn Resorts on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.