Critical Review: SkyCity Entertainment Group (SKYZF) vs. Its Peers

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares SkyCity Entertainment Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
SkyCity Entertainment Group	N/A	N/A	2.41
SkyCity Entertainment Group Competitors	$3.33 billion	$246.75 million	13.74

SkyCity Entertainment Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than SkyCity Entertainment Group. SkyCity Entertainment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares SkyCity Entertainment Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SkyCity Entertainment Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
SkyCity Entertainment Group Competitors	-9.46%	-35.99%	1.90%

Dividends

SkyCity Entertainment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.6%. SkyCity Entertainment Group pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.5% and pay out 45.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.4% of SkyCity Entertainment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

SkyCity Entertainment Group peers beat SkyCity Entertainment Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

About SkyCity Entertainment Group

SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the gaming, entertainment, hotel, convention, hospitality, and tourism sectors in New Zealand and Australia. It operates through Skycity Auckland, SkyCity Adelaide, International Business, and Other Operations segments. The company operates integrated entertainment complexes that includes casinos, hotels, conventions, restaurants and bars, entertainment and attractions, day spas, tenpin bowling and wellness centres, car parking, sky tower, theaters, telecommunications and broadcasting facilities, and office/retail spaces located in Auckland, Hamilton, Queenstown, and Adelaide. It also operates SkyCity Online Casino, an offshore online casino platform for New Zealand customers. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.