Critical Analysis: Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) vs. PLAYSTUDIOS (NASDAQ:MYPS)

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) and PLAYSTUDIOS (NASDAQ:MYPS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Las Vegas Sands and PLAYSTUDIOS, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Las Vegas Sands	0	7	11	0	2.61
PLAYSTUDIOS	1	2	1	0	2.00

Las Vegas Sands currently has a consensus price target of $68.28, indicating a potential upside of 38.27%. PLAYSTUDIOS has a consensus price target of $1.25, indicating a potential upside of 164.55%. Given PLAYSTUDIOS’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PLAYSTUDIOS is more favorable than Las Vegas Sands.

Volatility and Risk

Las Vegas Sands has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PLAYSTUDIOS has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of PLAYSTUDIOS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of PLAYSTUDIOS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Las Vegas Sands and PLAYSTUDIOS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Las Vegas Sands	13.41%	118.27%	10.52%
PLAYSTUDIOS	-15.79%	-14.38%	-11.27%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Las Vegas Sands and PLAYSTUDIOS”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Las Vegas Sands	$13.74 billion	2.38	$1.63 billion	$2.70	18.29
PLAYSTUDIOS	$235.10 million	0.26	-$28.64 million	($0.28)	-1.69

Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than PLAYSTUDIOS. PLAYSTUDIOS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Las Vegas Sands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Las Vegas Sands beats PLAYSTUDIOS on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Las Vegas Sands

Las Vegas Sands Corp., together with its subsidiaries, develops, owns, and operates integrated resorts in Macao and Singapore. It owns and operates The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, the Londoner Macao, The Parisian Macao, The Plaza Macao and Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai Strip, and the Sands Macao in Macao, the People’s Republic of China; and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The company’s integrated resorts feature accommodations, gaming, entertainment and retail malls, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and other amenities. Las Vegas Sands Corp. was founded in 1988 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

About PLAYSTUDIOS

PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. develops and publishes free-to-play casual games for mobile and social platforms in the United States and internationally. The company's game portfolio includes a diverse range of titles comprising social casino, card, puzzle, and adventure games. It also offers POP! Slots, myVEGAS Slots, my KONAMI Slots, MGM Slots Live, myVEGAS Blackjack, myVEGAS Bingo, Tetris, Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Jumbline 2, Sudoku, and Mahjong games. PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.