CZR vs. CHH, MLCO, WMS, MGM, WYNN, CHDN, BYD, IGT, PENN, and MCRI
Should you be buying Caesars Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caesars Entertainment include Choice Hotels International (CHH), Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), and Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI).
Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH) and Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Caesars Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Choice Hotels International. Caesars Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Choice Hotels International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Choice Hotels International presently has a consensus target price of $129.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.41%. Caesars Entertainment has a consensus target price of $55.07, suggesting a potential upside of 54.87%. Given Choice Hotels International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Choice Hotels International.
In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 13 more articles in the media than Choice Hotels International. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 17 mentions for Choice Hotels International. Choice Hotels International's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Caesars Entertainment's score of 0.31 indicating that Caesars Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Choice Hotels International has a net margin of 15.34% compared to Choice Hotels International's net margin of 6.68%. Caesars Entertainment's return on equity of 748.46% beat Choice Hotels International's return on equity.
65.6% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Choice Hotels International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held 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.
Caesars Entertainment received 145 more outperform votes than Choice Hotels International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.60% of users gave Caesars Entertainment an outperform vote while only 40.98% of users gave Choice Hotels International an outperform vote.
Choice Hotels International has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Caesars Entertainment beats Choice Hotels International on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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