Madison Square Garden (NYSE:MSGS – Get Free Report) and Marriott Vacations Worldwide (NYSE:VAC – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
68.9% of Madison Square Garden shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.1% of Madison Square Garden shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Marriott Vacations Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Madison Square Garden has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Madison Square Garden | $1.04 billion | 7.79 | -$22.44 million | ($0.93) | -361.73 |
| Marriott Vacations Worldwide | $5.09 billion | 0.49 | -$308.00 million | ($10.09) | -7.18 |
Madison Square Garden has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marriott Vacations Worldwide. Madison Square Garden is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marriott Vacations Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Madison Square Garden and Marriott Vacations Worldwide’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Madison Square Garden | -2.07% | N/A | -1.39% |
| Marriott Vacations Worldwide | -6.72% | 11.37% | 2.58% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Madison Square Garden and Marriott Vacations Worldwide, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Madison Square Garden | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Marriott Vacations Worldwide | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2.33 |
Madison Square Garden currently has a consensus price target of $333.80, suggesting a potential downside of 0.78%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a consensus price target of $80.70, suggesting a potential upside of 11.46%. Given Marriott Vacations Worldwide’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Marriott Vacations Worldwide is more favorable than Madison Square Garden.
Summary
Marriott Vacations Worldwide beats Madison Square Garden on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. operates as a professional sports company in the United States. The company owns and operates a portfolio of assets that consists of the New York Knickerbockers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Its other professional franchises include development league teams, the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League and the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. The company also owns Knicks Gaming, an esports franchise that competes in the NBA 2K League. In addition, it operates professional sports team performance centers, the Madison Square Garden Training Center in Greenburgh. The company was formerly known as The Madison Square Garden Company. Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.
About Marriott Vacations Worldwide
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, a vacation company, develops, markets, sells, and manages vacation ownership and related businesses, products, and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Vacation Ownership and Exchange & Third-Party Management. The company manages vacation ownership and related products under the Marriott Vacation Club, Grand Residences by Marriott, Sheraton Vacation Club, Westin Vacation Club, Hyatt Vacation Club, and Marriott Vacation Club Pulse brands. It develops, markets, and sells vacation ownership and related products under The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club brand; and holds right to develop, market, and sell ownership residential products under The Ritz-Carlton Residences brand. In addition, the company offers exchange networks and membership programs, as well as provision of management services to other resorts and lodging properties through Interval International, and Aqua-Aston business brands. Further, it provides financing consumer purchases of vacation ownership products, and renting vacation ownership inventory. The company sells its upscale tier vacation ownership products primarily through a network of resort-based sales centers and off-site sales locations. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
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