BYD vs. PENN, CZR, WYNN, MGM, RRR, CHH, WH, MLCO, TNL, and ATAT
Should you be buying Boyd Gaming stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boyd Gaming include PENN Entertainment (PENN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Travel + Leisure (TNL), and Atour Lifestyle (ATAT). These companies are all part of the "hotels & motels" industry.
PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) and Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, PENN Entertainment had 6 more articles in the media than Boyd Gaming. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for PENN Entertainment and 17 mentions for Boyd Gaming. PENN Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Boyd Gaming's score of 0.54 indicating that Boyd Gaming is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PENN Entertainment has a beta of 2.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.7% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of PENN Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Boyd Gaming shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PENN Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $24.50, suggesting a potential upside of 53.80%. Boyd Gaming has a consensus target price of $93.64, suggesting a potential upside of 70.22%. Given PENN Entertainment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boyd Gaming is more favorable than PENN Entertainment.
Boyd Gaming has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PENN Entertainment. PENN Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boyd Gaming, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boyd Gaming has a net margin of 14.91% compared to Boyd Gaming's net margin of -17.77%. PENN Entertainment's return on equity of 34.76% beat Boyd Gaming's return on equity.
PENN Entertainment received 183 more outperform votes than Boyd Gaming when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.38% of users gave PENN Entertainment an outperform vote while only 59.84% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote.
Summary
Boyd Gaming beats PENN Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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