COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
MLCO vs PENN
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. MLCO scored 66.2, PENN scored 47.8 — MLCO leads.
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Different reporting periods. PENN's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but MLCO's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
MLCO
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited
66.2
$5.49 · $2.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
18.4
MLCO leads
PENN
PENN Entertainment, Inc.
47.8
$18.64 · $2.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- Fastest growthMLCO+11.3%
- Highest qualityMLCO64 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueMLCO-93%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
MLCO
stronger →← stronger
PENN
64
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
30
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
91
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
73
MLCO is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
MLCO
PENN
$809mC+
FCF
$370mC
+11.3%B
Rev
+6.1%C+
—
D/E
5.97D
9.3xA
P/E
—
0.59A-
PEG
1.01B+
—
P/S
0.3xA
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
MLCO
PENN
93% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
62% below
decline
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~-9%/yr
+919%
1-yr DCF upside
+100%
+1252%
5-yr DCF upside
+160%
+1978%
10-yr DCF upside
+279%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
MLCO
Why this score
- Buying back stock
- Cyclical growth
PENN
Why this score
- Buying back stock
- Cyclical growth
The companies
MLCOMelco Resorts & Entertainment Limited
Why now
Resorts & Casinos · market cap $2.1b. Down 46% from 52-week high of $10.15 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.59 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $7.35 (implying +34% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income — non-cash charges (depreciation, intangible amortization) are holding down GAAP earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
Down 46% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Net margin 3.6% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE -15% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
PENNPENN Entertainment, Inc.
Why now
Resorts & Casinos · market cap $2.5b. 17% off the 52-week high of $22.36. 19 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $24.39 (implying +31% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
D/E 5.97 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Currently unprofitable (margin -12.7%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Beta 1.41 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where MLCO and PENN diverge
On the headline score the gap is 18.4 points in favor of MLCO. The widest single difference is Quality, where MLCO leads by 34.1 points.
- QualityMLCO 64.0 · PENN 29.9MLCO +34.1
- ValueMLCO 90.6 · PENN 72.7MLCO +17.9
- GrowthMLCO 50.0 · PENN 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.