Caesars Entertainment, Inc. vs Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc., two Hotels & Resorts stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CZR and SHO diverge most: on net margin, CZR reads -4.0% and SHO reads 5.3%; on return on equity, CZR reads -13.1% and SHO reads 2.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What SHO's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CZR | SHO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $29.49 | $11.30 |
| Market cap | $6.0B | $2.1B |
| Sector | Hotels & Resorts | Hotels & Resorts |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 51.4 |
| P/B | 1.69 | 1.11 |
| P/S | 0.52 | 2.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.2 | 21.8 |
| Revenue growth | +2.4% | +7.3% |
| Operating margin | 17.1% | — |
| Net margin | -4.0% | 5.3% |
| Return on equity | -13.1% | 2.8% |
| Return on assets | -1.5% | 1.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.6% | — |
| FCF yield | 10.1% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.2% |
| Debt / equity | 3.32 | 0.51 |
| Current ratio | 0.85 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.54 | 1.42 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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