SIX vs. MTN, MSGS, IGT, PRKS, FUN, RSI, SGHC, FBYD, MSGE, and GENI
Should you be buying Six Flags Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Six Flags Entertainment include Vail Resorts (MTN), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), International Game Technology (IGT), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Cedar Fair (FUN), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Super Group (SGHC), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), and Genius Sports (GENI). These companies are all part of the "miscellaneous amusement & recreation services" industry.
Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) and Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
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.
Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vail Resorts has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Six Flags Entertainment and Six Flags Entertainment both had 10 articles in the media. Six Flags Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Vail Resorts' score of 0.53 indicating that Six Flags Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Six Flags Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.02%. Vail Resorts has a consensus target price of $260.11, suggesting a potential upside of 37.83%. Given Vail Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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.
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 66.70% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Six Flags Entertainment on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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