Vail Resorts, Inc. vs Spotify Technology S.A., two Entertainment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MTN and SPOT diverge most: on revenue growth, MTN reads -1.3% and SPOT reads +15.6%; on debt / equity, MTN reads 3.30 and SPOT reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What MTN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SPOT'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 | MTN | SPOT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $150.34 | $479.98 |
| Market cap | $5.4B | $98.6B |
| Sector | Entertainment | Entertainment |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.1% | — |
| P/E | 32.4 | 41.0 |
| P/B | 5.86 | 10.89 |
| P/S | 1.89 | 5.28 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0 | 38.9 |
| Revenue growth | -1.3% | +15.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 32.0% |
| Operating margin | 41.0% | 12.8% |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 12.9% |
| Return on equity | 17.1% | 26.6% |
| Return on assets | 2.8% | 14.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.3% | 26.3% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| Dividend yield | 5.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 3.30 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | 1.72 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.64 | 7.90 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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