SIX vs. MTN, FUN, RSI, SGHC, MSGE, PRKS, GDEN, IGT, MSGS, and CABO
Should you be buying Six Flags Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Six Flags Entertainment include Vail Resorts (MTN), Cedar Fair (FUN), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Super Group (SGHC), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Golden Entertainment (GDEN), International Game Technology (IGT), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), and Cable One (CABO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) and Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Vail Resorts received 41 more outperform votes than Six Flags Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote while only 66.86% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.
Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Six Flags Entertainment had 10 more articles in the media than Vail Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment and 10 mentions for Vail Resorts. Vail Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Six Flags Entertainment's score of 0.21 indicating that Vail Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Six Flags Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.57%. Vail Resorts has a consensus target price of $260.11, indicating a potential upside of 27.51%. Given Vail Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.
Vail Resorts has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Six Flags Entertainment's net margin of 1.84%. Vail Resorts' return on equity of 19.16% beat Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity.
98.0% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are owned by 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.
Vail Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Six Flags Entertainment. Vail Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Six Flags Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Six Flags Entertainment on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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