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 implied growth (priced in), BYD reads +8.2% and LVS reads -1.6%; on return on equity, BYD reads 1.6% and LVS reads 192.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BYD price has a different growth bar priced in than LVS (+8.2% implied for BYD vs -1.6% 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 | $77.02 | $42.81 |
| Market cap | $5.6B | $28.1B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.2% | -1.6% |
| P/E | 3.4 | 16.7 |
| P/B | 2.24 | 31.31 |
| P/S | 1.37 | 2.05 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.7 | 8.8 |
| Revenue growth | +1.8% | +18.7% |
| Operating margin | 19.4% | 19.6% |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 12.6% |
| Return on equity | 1.6% | 192.5% |
| Return on assets | 0.6% | 8.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.0% | 16.4% |
| FCF yield | 0.6% | 9.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 1.05 | 15.27 |
| Current ratio | 0.77 | 1.00 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.21 | 2.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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