MCRI vs. PLYA, FLL, RLH, CNTY, PK, BYD, IGT, PENN, LVS, and WMS
Should you be buying Monarch Casino & Resort stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monarch Casino & Resort include Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Full House Resorts (FLL), Red Lion Hotels (RLH), Century Casinos (CNTY), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), and Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS).
Playa Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:PLYA) and Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
74.6% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Playa Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.9% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are owned by company 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.
Monarch Casino & Resort has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Monarch Casino & Resort's net margin of 6.52%. Playa Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 17.13% beat Monarch Casino & Resort's return on equity.
Monarch Casino & Resort has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Playa Hotels & Resorts. Monarch Casino & Resort is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playa Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Playa Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monarch Casino & Resort has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Playa Hotels & Resorts had 1 more articles in the media than Monarch Casino & Resort. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Playa Hotels & Resorts and 4 mentions for Monarch Casino & Resort. Playa Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Monarch Casino & Resort's score of 0.74 indicating that Monarch Casino & Resort is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Playa Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.85%. Monarch Casino & Resort has a consensus target price of $73.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.50%. Given Monarch Casino & Resort's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Playa Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Monarch Casino & Resort.
Monarch Casino & Resort received 81 more outperform votes than Playa Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Monarch Casino & Resort an outperform vote while only 62.43% of users gave Playa Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
Summary
Monarch Casino & Resort beats Playa Hotels & Resorts on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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