Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN – Get Free Report) and Intergroup (NASDAQ:INTG – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Vail Resorts and Intergroup, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Vail Resorts | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2.12 |
| Intergroup | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Vail Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $150.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.03%. Given Vail Resorts’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vail Resorts is more favorable than Intergroup.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
94.9% of Vail Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Intergroup shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Vail Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 73.8% of Intergroup shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Vail Resorts and Intergroup’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Vail Resorts | 5.20% | 22.82% | 2.61% |
| Intergroup | 2.22% | -1.43% | 1.60% |
Risk and Volatility
Vail Resorts has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intergroup has a beta of 0.06, meaning that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Vail Resorts and Intergroup”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Vail Resorts | $2.84 billion | 1.90 | $147.54 million | $4.14 | 36.61 |
| Intergroup | $73.95 million | 1.16 | $1.64 million | $0.71 | 56.45 |
Vail Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Intergroup. Vail Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intergroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vail Resorts beats Intergroup on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Vail Resorts
Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates mountain resorts and regional ski areas in the United States. It operates through three segments: Mountain, Lodging, and Real Estate. The Mountain segment operates 41 destination mountain resorts and regional ski areas. This segment is also involved in the ancillary activities, including ski school, dining, and retail/rental operations, as well as real estate brokerage activities. The Lodging segment owns and/or manages various luxury hotels and condominiums under the RockResorts brand; other lodging properties; various condominiums located in proximity to the company's mountain resorts; destination resorts; and golf courses, as well as offers resort ground transportation services. This segment operates owned and managed hotel and condominium units. The Real Estate segment owns, develops, and sells real estate properties. The company was founded in 1845 and is based in Broomfield, Colorado.
About Intergroup
The InterGroup Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates a hotel under the Hilton San Francisco Financial District name located in San Francisco, California. The company operates through three segments: Hotel Operations, Real Estate Operations, and Investment Transactions. Its hotel consists of guest rooms and luxury suites, a restaurant, a lounge, a private dining room, meeting room space, a gym, a grand ballroom, 5-level underground parking garage, a pedestrian bridge, and a Chinese culture center. The company also invests in income-producing instruments, corporate debt and equity securities, publicly traded investment funds, mortgage-backed securities, securities issued by REITs, and other companies that invest primarily in real estate. In addition, it owns, manages, and invests in apartment complexes, single-family houses as strategic investments, and commercial real estate property located in the United States, as well as owns unimproved land in Maui, Hawaii. The InterGroup Corporation was founded in 1965 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
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