VAC vs. YETI, ASAI, GHC, MLCO, PRKS, PWSC, PLTK, TNL, RLX, and KTB
Should you be buying Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marriott Vacations Worldwide include YETI (YETI), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), Graham (GHC), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), PowerSchool (PWSC), Playtika (PLTK), Travel + Leisure (TNL), RLX Technology (RLX), and Kontoor Brands (KTB). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
YETI (NYSE:YETI) and Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
YETI has a net margin of 10.32% compared to YETI's net margin of 4.50%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's return on equity of 28.81% beat YETI's return on equity.
YETI presently has a consensus target price of $46.80, suggesting a potential upside of 18.60%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a consensus target price of $112.22, suggesting a potential upside of 12.96%. Given Marriott Vacations Worldwide's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe YETI is more favorable than Marriott Vacations Worldwide.
89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of YETI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide 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.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than YETI. Marriott Vacations Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YETI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marriott Vacations Worldwide received 234 more outperform votes than YETI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.57% of users gave Marriott Vacations Worldwide an outperform vote while only 57.71% of users gave YETI an outperform vote.
YETI has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, YETI had 11 more articles in the media than Marriott Vacations Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for YETI and 3 mentions for Marriott Vacations Worldwide. YETI's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Marriott Vacations Worldwide's score of 0.29 indicating that Marriott Vacations Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
YETI and Marriott Vacations Worldwide tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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