BALY vs. PLYA, SG, ARCO, SHCO, CNNE, XHR, HDL, PLAY, MSC, and FWRG
Should you be buying Bally's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bally's include Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Sweetgreen (SG), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), Soho House & Co Inc. (SHCO), Cannae (CNNE), Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR), Super Hi International (HDL), Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY), Studio City Ih (MSC), and First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Bally's vs. Its Competitors
Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA) and Bally's (NYSE:BALY) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bally's. Bally's 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.
In the previous week, Bally's had 7 more articles in the media than Playa Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bally's and 0 mentions for Playa Hotels & Resorts. Bally's' average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Playa Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.00 indicating that Bally's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Bally's shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 74.9% of Bally's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bally's has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 6.92% compared to Bally's' net margin of -16.95%. Playa Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 14.09% beat Bally's' return on equity.
Playa Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.98%. Bally's has a consensus target price of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 57.75%. Given Bally's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bally's is more favorable than Playa Hotels & Resorts.
Summary
Playa Hotels & Resorts and Bally's tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BALY) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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