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$128.44 -0.63 (-0.49%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

WMS vs. LVS, MGM, CHDN, WYNN, CZR, BYD, IGT, PENN, MCRI, and VMC

Should you be buying Advanced Drainage Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advanced Drainage Systems include Las Vegas Sands (LVS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), and Vulcan Materials (VMC).

Advanced Drainage Systems vs.

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

Advanced Drainage Systems has a net margin of 16.89% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of 13.29%. Las Vegas Sands' return on equity of 44.26% beat Advanced Drainage Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Las Vegas Sands13.29% 44.26% 8.11%
Advanced Drainage Systems 16.89%40.31%14.87%

Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Drainage Systems has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Las Vegas Sands received 937 more outperform votes than Advanced Drainage Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.56% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave Advanced Drainage Systems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Las Vegas SandsOutperform Votes
1288
71.56%
Underperform Votes
512
28.44%
Advanced Drainage SystemsOutperform Votes
351
53.75%
Underperform Votes
302
46.25%

Las Vegas Sands presently has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.21%. Advanced Drainage Systems has a consensus price target of $170.29, indicating a potential upside of 32.58%. Given Advanced Drainage Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Advanced Drainage Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Las Vegas Sands pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Advanced Drainage Systems pays out 10.2% 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Las Vegas Sands$10.37B3.49$1.22B$2.0224.71
Advanced Drainage Systems$2.87B3.46$509.92M$6.2820.45

In the previous week, Las Vegas Sands had 6 more articles in the media than Advanced Drainage Systems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Las Vegas Sands and 5 mentions for Advanced Drainage Systems. Las Vegas Sands' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Advanced Drainage Systems' score of 0.84 indicating that Las Vegas Sands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WMS vs. The Competition

MetricAdvanced Drainage SystemsPlastics foam products IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.01B$10.01B$9.70B$19.87B
Dividend Yield0.50%0.50%1.82%3.50%
P/E Ratio20.4520.4527.2135.66
Price / Sales3.463.463.4017.95
Price / Cash15.1315.1321.4417.98
Price / Book7.147.144.964.59
Net Income$509.92M$509.92M$515.90M$985.93M
7 Day Performance-1.44%-1.44%0.02%0.45%
1 Month Performance-16.94%-16.94%0.99%1.05%
1 Year Performance8.93%8.93%46.82%24.67%

Advanced Drainage Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMS
Advanced Drainage Systems
4.93 of 5 stars
$128.44
-0.5%
$170.29
+32.6%
+8.9%$10.01B$2.87B20.455,705
LVS
Las Vegas Sands
4.4954 of 5 stars
$49.91
+1.5%
$58.00
+16.2%
+1.3%$35.66B$10.37B24.7138,700
MGM
MGM Resorts International
4.7349 of 5 stars
$37.51
+0.6%
$53.15
+41.7%
-6.9%$11.10B$16.16B13.4063,000
CHDN
Churchill Downs
4.7611 of 5 stars
$139.97
+0.9%
$160.88
+14.9%
+15.3%$10.29B$2.67B25.507,970Dividend Increase
Positive News
WYNN
Wynn Resorts
4.8622 of 5 stars
$91.22
0.0%
$115.71
+26.9%
+4.6%$10.02B$6.53B11.2527,800
CZR
Caesars Entertainment
3.9181 of 5 stars
$37.59
+0.6%
$54.00
+43.7%
-18.8%$7.94B$11.53B0.0024,000Positive News
BYD
Boyd Gaming
4.967 of 5 stars
$71.76
+0.4%
$91.38
+27.3%
+21.9%$6.34B$3.74B13.6916,129
IGT
International Game Technology
4.0584 of 5 stars
$18.75
-1.2%
$28.67
+52.9%
-30.3%$3.78B$4.31B31.2411,016Analyst Revision
PENN
PENN Entertainment
3.8698 of 5 stars
$20.02
-1.5%
$23.29
+16.3%
-23.7%$3.10B$6.36B0.0023,333
MCRI
Monarch Casino & Resort
3.9017 of 5 stars
$83.40
+0.6%
$78.33
-6.1%
+29.1%$1.52B$501.48M18.452,900
VMC
Vulcan Materials
4.1201 of 5 stars
$277.81
-0.1%
$280.46
+1.0%
+32.1%$36.71B$7.78B43.8210,382Positive News

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This page (NYSE:WMS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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