DKNG vs. MTN, MSGS, IMVT, IGT, PRKS, VVNT, UTZ, FUN, SIX, and RSI
Should you be buying DraftKings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DraftKings include Vail Resorts (MTN), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Immunovant (IMVT), International Game Technology (IGT), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Vivint Smart Home (VVNT), Utz Brands (UTZ), Cedar Fair (FUN), Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), and Rush Street Interactive (RSI).
Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) and DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Vail Resorts has a net margin of 8.44% compared to Vail Resorts' net margin of -13.45%. DraftKings' return on equity of 19.16% beat Vail Resorts' return on equity.
94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of DraftKings shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.2% of DraftKings shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Vail Resorts received 374 more outperform votes than DraftKings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.81% of users gave Vail Resorts an outperform vote while only 61.28% of users gave DraftKings an outperform vote.
Vail Resorts has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DraftKings. DraftKings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vail Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, DraftKings had 23 more articles in the media than Vail Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for DraftKings and 10 mentions for Vail Resorts. DraftKings' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Vail Resorts' score of 0.13 indicating that Vail Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vail Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $260.11, suggesting a potential upside of 37.83%. DraftKings has a consensus price target of $49.24, suggesting a potential upside of 40.17%. Given Vail Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DraftKings is more favorable than Vail Resorts.
Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DraftKings has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats DraftKings on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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