MLCO vs PC vs BYD Stock Comparison

Melco Resorts & Entertainment, Premium Catering (Holdings) and Boyd Gaming Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BYD Boyd Gaming Corp
$72.46 +1.7% 1M -8.0% 1Y
Market cap
$5.36B
P/E
2.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.08B
Div. yield
–
Casinos Consumer Discretionary
4 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Boyd Gaming leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Boyd Gaming 4, Melco Resorts & Entertainment 2, Premium Catering (Holdings) 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMLCOPCBYDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.49B $274.48M $5.36B BYD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 6.4x — 2.8x BYD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.1x — 10.8x BYD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.2% — +0.3% MLCO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.0% — — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 231.9% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -2.9x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -53.4% 0.0% -8.0% PC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -19.1%/yr — +1.5%/yr BYD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.3% 0.0% 26.3% PC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 85/100 — 48/100 MLCO

Percentile Scorecard

MLCOPCBYD

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMLCOPCBYD
Valuation 100 #1 of 44 – 77 #11 of 44
Growth 91 #5 of 43 – 41 #26 of 43
Profitability 88 #6 of 41 – –
Financial Health 61 #19 of 47 94 #4 of 51 –
Shareholder Returns – – 26 #21 of 28
Overall 85 – 48
  • MLCO ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure
  • PC ranked among 53 companies in Restaurants
  • BYD ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMLCOPCBYDSPY
1 month -18.0%0.0%+1.7% -0.8%
3 months -31.0%0.0%-18.9% +3.5%
6 months -30.6%0.0%-17.2% +7.0%
Year to date -48.7%0.0%-15.0% +12.2%
1 year -53.4%0.0%-8.0% +13.0%
3 years -53.8%—+32.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year -22.7%—+9.9% +23.1%
5 years -65.2%—+7.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -19.1%—+1.5% +11.0%
10 years -77.5%—+291.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -13.9%—+14.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMLCOPCBYDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.3%0.0%26.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.8%—26.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.680.000.57 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.36—-0.30 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -74.1%-87.3%-35.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -58.7%0.0%-20.5% -1.8%
52-week high $9.39$9.40$91.15 $779.14
52-week low $3.73$9.40$66.10 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMLCOPCBYD
P/E now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 17.1x —median 20.5x 2.8xmedian 17.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 1.9x —median 1.1x 1.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.5xmedian 10.9x —median 13.3x —median 10.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 3.1xmedian 11.4x —median 17.5x -8.7xmedian 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median 179.9xmedian 2.5x 28.0xmedian 3.1x —median 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.19median 0.57 —median 1.07 —median 0.57

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMLCOPCBYD
Revenue $4.69B – $4.08B
Gross profit $4.54B – –
Operating income $477.81M – $725.98M
Net income $196.16M – $496.64M
Free cash flow $506.29M – –
R&D $4.78M – –
EPS (diluted) $0.59 – –
Cash & equivalents $454.26M $971.86K –
Total debt $14.51M – –
Shares (diluted) 400.63M 29.20M 74.82M
Enterprise value -$1.44B $270.03M $5.36B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMLCOPCBYD
P/E 6.6x – 2.8x
P/FCF 3.1x – -8.7x
P/Operating cash flow 2.0x – –
P/S 0.3x – 1.3x
P/B 179.9x 28.0x –
P/Tangible book -9.0x 28.0x –
EV/EBITDA 7.5x – –
EV/EBIT 2.4x – –
EV/Revenue 0.2x – 1.3x
EV/FCF 2.2x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 1.4x – –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.19 – –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMLCOPCBYD
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.2% – 0.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 35.8% – 3.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.4% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 35.9% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 24.6% – -13.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 53.5% – -10.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 914.5% – -73.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 32.2% – -10.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 347.7% – –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 34.2% – –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.7% – –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 84.2% – –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -3.5% – –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 38.1% – –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMLCOPCBYD
Gross margin 96.6% – –
EBITDA margin 3.3% – –
Operating margin 10.2% – –
Pretax margin 4.0% – –
Net margin 5.0% – –
FCF margin 10.8% – –
Operating cash flow margin 16.9% – –
Return on equity 1,233% – –
Return on assets 3.2% – –
Return on invested capital 231.9% – –
Return on capital employed 9.4% – –
Asset turnover 0.8x – –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.0x – –
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMLCOPCBYD
Debt / assets 0.2% – –
Debt / equity 1.7x – –
Net debt / EBITDA -2.9x – –
Debt / FCF 0.0x – –
Liabilities / assets 99.9% 13.7% –
Equity / assets 0.1% 86.3% –
Interest coverage 1.4x – –
Current ratio 1.0x 9.6x –
Quick ratio 1.0x 1.0x –
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.9x –
Altman Z-score 0.73 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMLCOPCBYD
Dividend yield – – 1.1%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 0.0% 1.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMLCOPCBYD
Forward P/E 11.1xFY2026 – 10.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.35FY2026 – $6.71FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -23.9%FY2026 – -9.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +57.1% – +8.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.39BFY2026 – $4.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.4%FY2026 – +6.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -8.0% – -7.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMLCOPCBYD
Held by institutions 25.7% – 72.8%
Institutions holding 165 – 423
Change in shares held, QoQ -6.1% – +5.4%
Institutions buying 84 – 186
Institutions selling 49 – 175
Buyers to sellers 1.71 – 1.06

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MLCOPCBYD
MLCO 1.00 – 0.19
PC – – –
BYD 0.19 – 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MLCO, PC and BYD?

Boyd Gaming (BYD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) $1.49B, Premium Catering (Holdings) (PC) $274.48M, Boyd Gaming (BYD) $5.36B.

Which stock is cheaper, MLCO, PC and BYD?

Boyd Gaming (BYD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) 6.4x, Boyd Gaming (BYD) 2.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Boyd Gaming (BYD) is cheapest (Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) 11.1x, Boyd Gaming (BYD) 10.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) +5.2%, Boyd Gaming (BYD) +0.3%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Premium Catering (Holdings) (PC) returned the most: Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) -53.4%, Premium Catering (Holdings) (PC) 0.0%, Boyd Gaming (BYD) -8.0%. Over five years, Boyd Gaming (BYD) compounded fastest (Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) -19.1%/yr, Boyd Gaming (BYD) +1.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Premium Catering (Holdings) (PC) has been the steadiest (Melco Resorts & Entertainment (MLCO) 39.3%, Premium Catering (Holdings) (PC) 0.0%, Boyd Gaming (BYD) 26.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MLCO, PC and BYD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Boyd Gaming (BYD) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.