MTN vs. SIX, MSGS, IGT, PRKS, FUN, RSI, SGHC, MSGE, FBYD, and GENI
Should you be buying Vail Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vail Resorts include Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), International Game Technology (IGT), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Cedar Fair (FUN), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Super Group (SGHC), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), and Genius Sports (GENI). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous amusement & recreation services" industry.
Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) and Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.
Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vail Resorts had 5 more articles in the media than Six Flags Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Vail Resorts and 9 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment. Six Flags Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Vail Resorts' score of 0.67 indicating that Six Flags Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vail Resorts received 41 more outperform votes than Six Flags Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote while only 66.70% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.
94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vail Resorts has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Six Flags Entertainment's net margin of 1.84%. Vail Resorts' return on equity of 19.16% beat Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity.
Vail Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Six Flags Entertainment. Vail Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Six Flags Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vail Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $260.11, indicating a potential upside of 37.47%. Six Flags Entertainment has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.93%. Given Vail Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Six Flags Entertainment on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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