CoreCivic (CXW) Competitors

CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment and dividends.

Do analysts prefer CXW or RHP?

CoreCivic currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.25%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus price target of $119.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.69%. Given CoreCivic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CoreCivic	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media prefer CXW or RHP?

In the previous week, CoreCivic had 9 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CoreCivic and 3 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat CoreCivic's score of 0.39 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CoreCivic	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ryman Hospitality Properties	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CXW or RHP?

CoreCivic received 41 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.10% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 57.45% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CoreCivic	Outperform Votes 388 65.10%	Underperform Votes 208 34.90%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 347 57.45%	Underperform Votes 257 42.55%

Is CXW or RHP more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 13.35% compared to CoreCivic's net margin of 3.34%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 56.37% beat CoreCivic's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CoreCivic	3.34%	5.74%	2.73%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	13.35%	56.37%	5.76%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CXW or RHP?

85.1% of CoreCivic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of CoreCivic shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CXW or RHP?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than CoreCivic. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoreCivic, 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
CoreCivic	$1.94B	0.87	$67.59M	$0.56	27.09
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.16B	2.90	$311.22M	$4.83	21.67

Which has more volatility & risk, CXW or RHP?

CoreCivic has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CXW or RHP a better dividend stock?

CoreCivic pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. CoreCivic pays out 314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats CoreCivic on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.