BOYD GAMING CORP vs LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP., two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BYD and LVS diverge most: on return on equity, BYD reads 2.4% and LVS reads 192.5%; on debt / equity, BYD reads 0.90 and LVS reads 15.27. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BYD price has a different growth bar priced in than LVS (+14.1% implied for BYD vs +1.0% for LVS); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What BYD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LVS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BYD | LVS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $87.04 | $46.09 |
| Market cap | $6.7B | $30.2B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +14.1% | +1.0% |
| P/E | 3.9 | 17.9 |
| P/B | 2.63 | 33.71 |
| P/S | 1.63 | 2.20 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.2 | 9.3 |
| Revenue growth | +3.5% | +18.7% |
| Operating margin | 16.4% | 19.6% |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 12.6% |
| Return on equity | 2.4% | 192.5% |
| Return on assets | 0.9% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.3% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 4.2% | 8.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.90 | 15.27 |
| Current ratio | 0.60 | 1.00 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.17 | 2.09 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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