MSC vs LVS vs ATAT Stock Comparison

Studio City International Holdings, Las Vegas Sands and Atour Lifestyle Holdings Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp
$36.11 -7.3% 1M -39.2% 1Y
Market cap
$23.08B
P/E
14.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.60B
Div. yield
–
Casinos Consumer Discretionary
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Atour Lifestyle Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Atour Lifestyle Holdings 6, Las Vegas Sands 4, Studio City International Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMSCLVSATATLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $153.15M $23.08B $4.19B LVS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -3.4x 14.3x 14.8x LVS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 13.9x 13.7x ATAT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.7% +10.9% +45.3% ATAT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -6.5% 11.8% 16.8% ATAT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.8% 14.9% 73.2% ATAT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 2.9x — MSC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -81.7% -39.2% -15.9% ATAT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -37.7%/yr -1.9%/yr — LVS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 108.8% 31.4% 38.8% LVS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 81/100 81/100 ATAT

Percentile Scorecard

MSCLVSATAT

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

AxisMSCLVSATAT
Valuation 78 #7 of 28 91 #5 of 44 74 #8 of 28
Growth 71 #8 of 25 81 #9 of 43 96 #2 of 25
Profitability 38 #16 of 25 95 #3 of 41 100 #1 of 25
Financial Health 69 #10 of 30 54 #22 of 47 97 #2 of 30
Shareholder Returns – 82 #6 of 29 39 #12 of 19
Overall 64 81 81
  • MSC ranked among 31 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • LVS ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure
  • ATAT ranked among 31 companies in Travel and Lodging

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMSCLVSATATSPY
1 month -20.8%-7.3%+1.6% -0.2%
3 months -54.8%-25.1%-6.6% +3.9%
6 months -68.3%-33.5%-12.3% +8.2%
Year to date -77.5%-44.5%-16.9% +12.9%
1 year -81.7%-39.2%-15.9% +12.3%
3 years -83.7%-23.2%+77.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year -45.4%-8.4%+21.1% +23.3%
5 years -90.6%-9.1%— +67.9%
5 years, per year -37.7%-1.9%— +10.9%
10 years —-36.7%— +261.1%
10 years, per year —-4.5%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMSCLVSATATSPY
Volatility, 1Y 108.8%31.4%38.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 124.6%35.5%37.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -1.260.560.74 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.75-1.25-0.41 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.3%-52.7%-46.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -81.7%-48.0%-23.7% -1.2%
52-week high $4.36$69.49$42.90 $779.14
52-week low $0.77$35.67$31.03 $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.

MultipleMSCLVSATAT
P/E now vs peer median -3.5xmedian 18.1x 14.3xmedian 17.0x 16.0xmedian 18.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.5x 1.7xmedian 1.9x 2.7xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.5xmedian 14.0x 8.0xmedian 10.8x —median 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 16.1x 9.4xmedian 11.2x 13.0xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 2.5x -65.8xmedian 2.4x 9.1xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median -0.08median 0.30 0.34median 0.56 0.20median 0.30

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 monthsMSCLVSATAT
Revenue $684.09M $13.60B $1.69B
Gross profit $596.35M $6.46B $1.05B
Operating income $76.15M $2.85B $402.22M
Net income -$55.45M $1.81B $539.47M
Free cash flow $124.87M $2.41B $345.77M
R&D – $180.00M $29.30M
EPS (diluted) $-0.23 $2.52 $2.03
Cash & equivalents $106.14M $2.86B $578.45M
Total debt $14.51M $15.44B $34.93M
Shares (diluted) 192.59M 640.00M 139.77M
Enterprise value -$225.25M $9.68B $868.34M

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
MetricMSCLVSATAT
P/E -3.5x 14.3x 16.0x
P/FCF 1.2x 9.4x 13.0x
P/Operating cash flow 0.7x 6.5x 13.3x
P/S 0.2x 1.7x 2.7x
P/B 0.3x -65.8x 9.1x
P/Tangible book 0.3x -65.8x 9.1x
EV/EBITDA -0.5x 8.0x –
EV/EBIT 0.8x 12.4x 9.2x
EV/Revenue 0.1x 2.6x 2.2x
EV/FCF 0.5x 14.6x 10.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 0.3x 10.1x 10.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.08 0.34 0.20

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMSCLVSATAT
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.7% 10.9% 45.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 57.9% 16.6% 55.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.4% 5.5% 50.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 90.1% 16.0% 72.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 27.6% 5.4% 55.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 34.0% 25.6% 86.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 22.3% 0.2% 53.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 42.2% 39.4% 93.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 32.3% 10.9% 44.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 45.5% 42.3% 79.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.1% 27.5% 37.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 53.8% 18.1% 32.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1.3% 86.1% 34.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 75.3% 23.5% 33.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMSCLVSATAT
Gross margin 87.2% 47.5% 62.3%
EBITDA margin -19.0% 32.4% –
Operating margin 11.1% 20.9% 23.8%
Pretax margin -7.0% 16.3% 24.3%
Net margin -6.5% 11.8% 16.8%
FCF margin 18.3% 17.7% 20.5%
Operating cash flow margin 31.2% 25.6% 20.1%
Return on equity -10.1% 656.1% 104.9%
Return on assets -2.0% 9.2% 42.6%
Return on invested capital 8.8% 14.9% 73.2%
Return on capital employed 3.0% 18.9% 55.6%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.7x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.8x 1.9x 0.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMSCLVSATAT
Debt / assets 0.5% 79.5% 2.7%
Debt / equity 0.0x -44.9x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 2.9x –
Debt / FCF 0.1x 6.4x 0.1x
Liabilities / assets 80.1% 101.8% 61.3%
Equity / assets 19.9% -1.8% 38.7%
Interest coverage 0.6x 3.8x 455.5x
Current ratio 0.8x 0.8x 1.9x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.8x 1.7x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.6x 1.6x
Altman Z-score -0.70 2.18 6.71

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMSCLVSATAT
Dividend yield – 3.2% 2.7%
Net buyback yield – 12.0% 0.0%
Shareholder yield – 15.2% 2.7%
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.

ConsensusMSCLVSATAT
Forward P/E – 13.9xFY2026 13.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $2.60FY2026 $2.39FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -13.6%FY2026 +33.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +10.4% +21.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.25BFY2026 $14.18BFY2026 $2.03BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +80.1%FY2026 +8.9%FY2026 +44.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +3.0% +17.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMSCLVSATAT
Held by institutions 22.7% 41.0% 56.9%
Institutions holding 12 710 181
Change in shares held, QoQ 0.0% +0.1% +3.9%
Institutions buying 2 331 104
Institutions selling 2 290 64
Buyers to sellers 1.00 1.14 1.63

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.

MSCLVSATAT
MSC 1.00 0.04 -0.07
LVS 0.04 1.00 0.20
ATAT -0.07 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MSC, LVS and ATAT?

Las Vegas Sands (LVS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Studio City International Holdings (MSC) $153.15M, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) $23.08B, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) $4.19B.

Which stock is cheaper, MSC, LVS and ATAT?

Las Vegas Sands (LVS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Studio City International Holdings (MSC) -3.4x, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 14.3x, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) 14.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) is cheapest (Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 13.9x, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) 13.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Studio City International Holdings (MSC) +0.7%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) +10.9%, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) +45.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) has the highest net margin (Studio City International Holdings (MSC) -6.5%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 11.8%, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) 16.8%). On return on invested capital, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) leads (Studio City International Holdings (MSC) 8.8%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 14.9%, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) 73.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) returned the most: Studio City International Holdings (MSC) -81.7%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) -39.2%, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) -15.9%. Over five years, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) compounded fastest (Studio City International Holdings (MSC) -37.7%/yr, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) -1.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has been the steadiest (Studio City International Holdings (MSC) 108.8%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 31.4%, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) 38.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MSC, LVS and ATAT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT) leads on 6. 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.