PWSC vs. MLCO, YETI, KTB, VAC, ASAI, GHC, PRKS, GOLF, IGT, and PLTK Should you be buying PowerSchool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PowerSchool include Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), YETI (YETI), Kontoor Brands (KTB), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), Graham (GHC), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Acushnet (GOLF), International Game Technology (IGT), and Playtika (PLTK). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment (NASDAQ:MLCO ) and PowerSchool (NYSE:PWSC ) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, PowerSchool had 13 more articles in the media than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for PowerSchool and 1 mentions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment. PowerSchool's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Melco Resorts & Entertainment's score of 0.31 indicating that Melco Resorts & Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PowerSchool has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Melco Resorts & Entertainment. PowerSchool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Melco Resorts & Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
39.6% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of PowerSchool shares are held by institutional investors. 57.1% of Melco Resorts & Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PowerSchool shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a net margin of -4.34% compared to Melco Resorts & Entertainment's net margin of -5.37%. Melco Resorts & Entertainment's return on equity of 6.13% beat PowerSchool's return on equity.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PowerSchool has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $13.82, suggesting a potential upside of 61.07%. PowerSchool has a consensus price target of $25.44, suggesting a potential upside of 29.09%. Given PowerSchool's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Melco Resorts & Entertainment is more favorable than PowerSchool.
Melco Resorts & Entertainment received 516 more outperform votes than PowerSchool when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave Melco Resorts & Entertainment an outperform vote while only 58.89% of users gave PowerSchool an outperform vote.
Summary Melco Resorts & Entertainment and PowerSchool tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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