CoreCivic (CXW) Competitors

Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Which has better earnings and valuation, RHP or CXW?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than CoreCivic. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoreCivic, 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
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.32B	2.73	$311.22M	$5.63	18.79
CoreCivic	$1.97B	1.16	$67.59M	$0.67	31.12

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of RHP or CXW?

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CoreCivic shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of CoreCivic 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.

Do analysts recommend RHP or CXW?

Ryman Hospitality Properties currently has a consensus target price of $128.57, indicating a potential upside of 21.52%. CoreCivic has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.68%. Given CoreCivic's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
CoreCivic	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is RHP or CXW a better dividend stock?

Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. CoreCivic pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 81.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CoreCivic pays out 262.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to RHP or CXW?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 3 more articles in the media than CoreCivic. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 5 mentions for CoreCivic. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat CoreCivic's score of 0.79 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryman Hospitality Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CoreCivic	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RHP or CXW more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 14.84% compared to CoreCivic's net margin of 3.85%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 61.94% beat CoreCivic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryman Hospitality Properties	14.84%	61.94%	6.69%
CoreCivic	3.85%	6.55%	3.20%

Which has more volatility & risk, RHP or CXW?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreCivic has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RHP or CXW?

CoreCivic received 37 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 353 57.31%	Underperform Votes 263 42.69%
CoreCivic	Outperform Votes 390 64.78%	Underperform Votes 212 35.22%

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats CoreCivic on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.