LNW vs. CHDN, IOT, LDOS, GDDY, JKHY, PSN, CACI, OTEX, SAIC, and KD
Should you be buying Light & Wonder stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Light & Wonder include Churchill Downs (CHDN), Samsara (IOT), Leidos (LDOS), GoDaddy (GDDY), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Parsons (PSN), CACI International (CACI), Open Text (OTEX), Science Applications International (SAIC), and Kyndryl (KD).
Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) and Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Churchill Downs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Light & Wonder. Churchill Downs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Light & Wonder, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Churchill Downs has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Light & Wonder has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
82.6% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Light & Wonder shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Churchill Downs has a net margin of 13.72% compared to Churchill Downs' net margin of 7.43%. Light & Wonder's return on equity of 44.99% beat Churchill Downs' return on equity.
Churchill Downs received 427 more outperform votes than Light & Wonder when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.57% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote while only 22.45% of users gave Light & Wonder an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Light & Wonder had 4 more articles in the media than Churchill Downs. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Light & Wonder and 4 mentions for Churchill Downs. Churchill Downs' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Light & Wonder's score of 1.04 indicating that Light & Wonder is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Churchill Downs currently has a consensus price target of $145.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.16%. Light & Wonder has a consensus price target of $95.08, indicating a potential downside of 0.42%. Given Light & Wonder's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Churchill Downs is more favorable than Light & Wonder.
Summary
Churchill Downs beats Light & Wonder on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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