Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ – Get Free Report) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ:WYNN – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Risk and Volatility
Skillz has a beta of 3, meaning that its stock price is 200% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wynn Resorts has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
19.4% of Skillz shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.6% of Wynn Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 30.4% of Skillz shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Wynn Resorts shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Skillz | -69.44% | -43.98% | -20.33% |
| Wynn Resorts | 5.51% | -56.78% | 4.70% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Skillz and Wynn Resorts, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Skillz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Wynn Resorts | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3.00 |
Skillz currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 172.23%. Wynn Resorts has a consensus target price of $134.38, indicating a potential upside of 12.10%. Given Skillz’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Skillz is more favorable than Wynn Resorts.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Skillz and Wynn Resorts”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Skillz | $95.47 million | 0.88 | -$46.79 million | ($4.14) | -1.33 |
| Wynn Resorts | $7.11 billion | 1.75 | $501.08 million | $4.47 | 26.82 |
Wynn Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Skillz. Skillz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wynn Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Wynn Resorts beats Skillz on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Skillz
Skillz Inc. operates a mobile game platform in the United States and internationally. The company primarily develops and supports a proprietary online-hosted technology platform that enables independent game developers to host tournaments and provide competitive gaming activity to end-users. The company distributes games through direct app download from its website, as well as through third-party platforms. Skillz Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.
About Wynn Resorts
Wynn Resorts, Limited designs, develops, and operates integrated resorts. The company operates through four segments: Wynn Palace, Wynn Macau, Las Vegas Operations, and Encore Boston Harbor. The Wynn Palace segment operates private gaming salons and sky casinos; a luxury hotel tower with suites, and villas, including a health club, spa, salon, and pool; food and beverage outlets; retail space; meeting and convention space; and performance lake and floral art displays. The Wynn Macau segment operates casino space with private gaming salons, sky casinos, and a poker room; a luxury hotel tower, that include health clubs, spas, a salon, and a pool; food and beverage outlets; retail space; meeting and convention space; and Chinese zodiac-inspired ceiling attractions. The Las Vegas Operations segment operates casino space with private gaming salons, a sky casino, a poker room, and a race and sports book; a luxury hotel tower with suites, and villas, including swimming pools, private cabanas, full-service spas and salons, and a wedding chapel; food and beverage outlets; meeting and convention space; retail space; and theaters, nightclubs, a beach club. The Encore Boston Harbor segment operates casino space with gaming areas, and a poker room; a luxury hotel tower including a spa and salon; food and beverage outlets and a nightclub; retail space; meeting and convention space; and a waterfront park, floral displays, and water shuttle service. Wynn Resorts, Limited was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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