LVS vs. WMS, MGM, WYNN, CHDN, CZR, BYD, IGT, PENN, MCRI, and MAR
Should you be buying Las Vegas Sands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Las Vegas Sands include Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), International Game Technology (IGT), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), and Marriott International (MAR).
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) and Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE:WMS) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Las Vegas Sands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Advanced Drainage Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Las Vegas Sands pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Advanced Drainage Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Las Vegas Sands pays out 38.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Advanced Drainage Systems pays out 8.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Advanced Drainage Systems. Las Vegas Sands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advanced Drainage Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Las Vegas Sands presently has a consensus price target of $63.46, indicating a potential upside of 40.93%. Advanced Drainage Systems has a consensus price target of $181.88, indicating a potential upside of 4.83%. Given Las Vegas Sands' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Las Vegas Sands is more favorable than Advanced Drainage Systems.
In the previous week, Advanced Drainage Systems had 2 more articles in the media than Las Vegas Sands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Advanced Drainage Systems and 10 mentions for Las Vegas Sands. Las Vegas Sands' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Advanced Drainage Systems' score of 0.88 indicating that Las Vegas Sands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Las Vegas Sands received 927 more outperform votes than Advanced Drainage Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.45% of users gave Las Vegas Sands an outperform vote while only 53.27% of users gave Advanced Drainage Systems an outperform vote.
Advanced Drainage Systems has a net margin of 17.74% compared to Las Vegas Sands' net margin of 13.99%. Advanced Drainage Systems' return on equity of 46.93% beat Las Vegas Sands' return on equity.
Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advanced Drainage Systems has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Advanced Drainage Systems beats Las Vegas Sands on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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