Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS) Competitors

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) and Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is LVS or WMS more profitable?

Advanced Drainage Systems has a net margin of 15.90% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of 12.80%. Las Vegas Sands' return on equity of 45.82% beat Advanced Drainage Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Las Vegas Sands	12.80%	45.82%	8.00%
Advanced Drainage Systems	15.90%	35.79%	13.73%

Do analysts rate LVS or WMS?

Las Vegas Sands currently has a consensus price target of $59.42, indicating a potential upside of 47.17%. Advanced Drainage Systems has a consensus price target of $164.25, indicating a potential upside of 47.76%. Given Advanced Drainage Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Advanced Drainage Systems is more favorable than Las Vegas Sands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Las Vegas Sands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Advanced Drainage Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LVS or WMS?

Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Drainage Systems. Advanced Drainage Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Las Vegas Sands, 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
Las Vegas Sands	$11.30B	2.56	$1.45B	$1.97	20.49
Advanced Drainage Systems	$2.94B	2.93	$509.92M	$5.98	18.59

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LVS or WMS?

39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LVS or WMS?

Las Vegas Sands received 942 more outperform votes than Advanced Drainage Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.58% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 53.63% of users gave Advanced Drainage Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Las Vegas Sands	Outperform Votes 1297 71.58%	Underperform Votes 515 28.42%
Advanced Drainage Systems	Outperform Votes 355 53.63%	Underperform Votes 307 46.37%

Is LVS or WMS a better dividend stock?

Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Advanced Drainage Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Las Vegas Sands pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Advanced Drainage Systems pays out 10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more volatility and risk, LVS or WMS?

Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Drainage Systems has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor LVS or WMS?

In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 1 more articles in the media than Advanced Drainage Systems. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 14 mentions for Advanced Drainage Systems. Advanced Drainage Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Las Vegas Sands' score of 0.76 indicating that Advanced Drainage Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Las Vegas Sands	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Advanced Drainage Systems	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Advanced Drainage Systems beats Las Vegas Sands on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.