Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS – Get Free Report) and Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Las Vegas Sands and Corsair Gaming’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Las Vegas Sands | 12.50% | 87.01% | 9.67% |
| Corsair Gaming | -2.46% | 3.37% | 1.66% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
39.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Las Vegas Sands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 58.4% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Risk and Volatility
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Las Vegas Sands and Corsair Gaming, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Las Vegas Sands | 0 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2.74 |
| Corsair Gaming | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.38 |
Las Vegas Sands presently has a consensus target price of $68.61, suggesting a potential upside of 20.52%. Corsair Gaming has a consensus target price of $9.07, suggesting a potential upside of 91.38%. Given Corsair Gaming’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corsair Gaming is more favorable than Las Vegas Sands.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Las Vegas Sands and Corsair Gaming”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Las Vegas Sands | $13.02 billion | 2.96 | $1.63 billion | $2.34 | 24.33 |
| Corsair Gaming | $1.45 billion | 0.35 | -$99.18 million | ($0.34) | -13.94 |
Las Vegas Sands has higher revenue and earnings than Corsair Gaming. Corsair Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Las Vegas Sands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Las Vegas Sands beats Corsair Gaming on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Las Vegas Sands
Las Vegas Sands Corp., together with its subsidiaries, develops, owns, and operates integrated resorts in Macao and Singapore. It owns and operates The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, the Londoner Macao, The Parisian Macao, The Plaza Macao and Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai Strip, and the Sands Macao in Macao, the People’s Republic of China; and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The company’s integrated resorts feature accommodations, gaming, entertainment and retail malls, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and other amenities. Las Vegas Sands Corp. was founded in 1988 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
About Corsair Gaming
Corsair Gaming, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells gaming and streaming peripherals, components and systems in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It offers gamer and creator peripherals, including gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, controllers, and streaming products, such as capture cards, stream decks, microphones and audio interfaces, facecam streaming cameras, studio accessories, gaming furniture, and other related products. The company also provides gaming components and systems comprising power supply units, cooling solutions, computer cases, and DRAM modules, as well as prebuilt and custom-built gaming PCs and laptops, gaming monitors, and others; and PC gaming software comprising iCUE for gamers and Elgato streaming suite for content creators, as well as digital services. It sells its products through e-retail, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels and distributors. Corsair Gaming, Inc. was formerly known as Corsair Components (Cayman) Ltd and changed its name to Corsair Gaming, Inc in August 2017. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
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