MSC vs LVS vs HLT Stock Comparison

Studio City International Holdings, Las Vegas Sands and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp
$36.58 -6.1% 1M -36.5% 1Y
Market cap
$23.06B
P/E
14.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.60B
Div. yield
–
Casinos Consumer Discretionary
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Hilton Worldwide Holdings leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Hilton Worldwide 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.

QuestionMSCLVSHLTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $154.46M $23.06B $78.39B HLT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -3.5x 14.3x 49.5x LVS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 14.1x 37.2x LVS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.7% +10.9% +8.7% LVS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -6.5% 11.8% 12.7% HLT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.8% 14.9% 30.6% HLT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 2.9x 3.9x MSC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -81.4% -36.5% +31.4% HLT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -38.0%/yr -1.9%/yr +19.1%/yr HLT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 108.9% 31.5% 24.0% HLT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 80/100 44/100 LVS

Percentile Scorecard

MSCLVSHLT

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

AxisMSCLVSHLT
Valuation 79 #7 of 29 86 #7 of 44 14 #25 of 29
Growth 68 #9 of 26 81 #9 of 43 44 #15 of 26
Profitability 36 #17 of 26 95 #3 of 41 84 #5 of 26
Financial Health 70 #10 of 31 54 #22 of 47 23 #24 of 31
Shareholder Returns – 82 #6 of 28 53 #10 of 20
Overall 63 80 44
  • MSC ranked among 32 companies in Travel and Lodging
  • LVS ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure
  • HLT ranked among 32 companies in Travel and Lodging

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMSCLVSHLTSPY
1 month -23.8%-6.1%+12.1% -0.8%
3 months -56.0%-23.4%+6.2% +3.5%
6 months -69.4%-32.8%+5.8% +7.0%
Year to date -78.3%-43.8%+22.5% +12.2%
1 year -81.4%-36.5%+31.4% +13.0%
3 years -84.3%-22.2%+135.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year -46.1%-8.0%+33.1% +23.1%
5 years -90.8%-9.2%+139.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -38.0%-1.9%+19.1% +11.0%
10 years —-37.0%+425.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year —-4.5%+18.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureMSCLVSHLTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 108.9%31.5%24.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 124.6%35.6%22.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -1.280.570.65 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.75-1.161.31 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.3%-52.7%-32.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -82.3%-47.4%-2.9% -1.8%
52-week high $4.36$69.49$362.30 $779.14
52-week low $0.77$35.67$256.96 $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.

MultipleMSCLVSHLT
P/E now vs peer median -3.3xmedian 18.8x 14.5xmedian 17.1x 50.4xmedian 18.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.2xmedian 1.5x 1.7xmedian 1.9x 6.4xmedian 1.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.4xmedian 15.2x 8.1xmedian 10.9x 29.1xmedian 15.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1.2xmedian 16.1x 9.5xmedian 11.4x 39.1xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 2.5x -66.7xmedian 2.5x -12.6xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median -0.07median 0.38 0.34median 0.57 4.03median 0.38

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 monthsMSCLVSHLT
Revenue $684.09M $13.60B $12.49B
Gross profit $596.35M $6.46B $11.42B
Operating income $76.15M $2.85B $2.92B
Net income -$55.45M $1.81B $1.59B
Free cash flow $124.87M $2.41B $2.03B
R&D – $180.00M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.23 $2.52 $6.92
Cash & equivalents $106.14M $2.86B $1.01B
Total debt $14.51M $15.44B $13.34B
Shares (diluted) 192.59M 640.00M 229.00M
Enterprise value -$223.95M $9.65B $74.84B

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
MetricMSCLVSHLT
P/E -3.3x 14.5x 50.4x
P/FCF 1.2x 9.5x 39.1x
P/Operating cash flow 0.7x 6.6x 37.7x
P/S 0.2x 1.7x 6.4x
P/B 0.3x -66.7x -12.6x
P/Tangible book 0.3x -66.7x -7.0x
EV/EBITDA -0.4x 8.1x 29.1x
EV/EBIT 0.7x 12.5x 31.5x
EV/Revenue 0.1x 2.6x 7.3x
EV/FCF 0.5x 14.8x 45.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 0.3x 10.2x 43.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.07 0.34 4.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMSCLVSHLT
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.7% 10.9% 8.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 57.9% 16.6% 8.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.4% 5.5% 10.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 90.1% 16.0% 9.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 27.6% 5.4% 20.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 34.0% 25.6% 8.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 22.3% 0.2% -0.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 42.2% 39.4% 6.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 32.3% 10.9% 4.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 45.5% 42.3% 12.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 3.1% 27.5% -10.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 53.8% 18.1% 2.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -1.3% 86.1% -9.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 75.3% 23.5% 3.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMSCLVSHLT
Gross margin 87.2% 47.5% 91.4%
EBITDA margin -19.0% 32.4% 25.3%
Operating margin 11.1% 20.9% 23.3%
Pretax margin -7.0% 16.3% 17.9%
Net margin -6.5% 11.8% 12.7%
FCF margin 18.3% 17.7% 16.3%
Operating cash flow margin 31.2% 25.6% 16.9%
Return on equity -10.1% 656.1% –
Return on assets -2.0% 9.2% 9.5%
Return on invested capital 8.8% 14.9% 30.6%
Return on capital employed 3.0% 18.9% 25.2%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.8x 1.9x 1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMSCLVSHLT
Debt / assets 0.5% 79.5% 78.8%
Debt / equity 0.0x -44.9x -2.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 2.9x 3.9x
Debt / FCF 0.1x 6.4x 6.6x
Liabilities / assets 80.1% 101.8% 137.2%
Equity / assets 19.9% -1.8% -37.2%
Interest coverage 0.6x 3.8x 4.4x
Current ratio 0.8x 0.8x 0.6x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.8x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.6x 0.2x
Altman Z-score -0.71 2.19 3.17

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMSCLVSHLT
Dividend yield – 3.1% 0.2%
Net buyback yield – 11.9% 4.1%
Shareholder yield – 15.0% 4.2%
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.

ConsensusMSCLVSHLT
Forward P/E – 14.1xFY2026 37.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $2.60FY2026 $9.47FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -13.6%FY2026 +16.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +10.4% +2.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.25BFY2026 $14.18BFY2026 $13.62BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +80.1%FY2026 +8.9%FY2026 +13.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +3.0% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMSCLVSHLT
Held by institutions 22.7% 41.0% 93.9%
Institutions holding 12 710 1,285
Change in shares held, QoQ 0.0% +0.1% -1.5%
Institutions buying 2 331 690
Institutions selling 2 290 420
Buyers to sellers 1.00 1.14 1.64

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.

MSCLVSHLT
MSC 1.00 0.04 -0.06
LVS 0.04 1.00 0.29
HLT -0.06 0.29 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MSC, LVS and HLT?

Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Studio City International Holdings (MSC) $154.46M, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) $23.06B, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) $78.39B.

Which stock is cheaper, MSC, LVS and HLT?

Las Vegas Sands (LVS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Studio City International Holdings (MSC) -3.5x, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 14.3x, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) 49.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) is cheapest (Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 14.1x, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) 37.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Las Vegas Sands (LVS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Studio City International Holdings (MSC) +0.7%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) +10.9%, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) +8.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) has the highest net margin (Studio City International Holdings (MSC) -6.5%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 11.8%, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) 12.7%). On return on invested capital, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) leads (Studio City International Holdings (MSC) 8.8%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 14.9%, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) 30.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) returned the most: Studio City International Holdings (MSC) -81.4%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) -36.5%, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) +31.4%. Over five years, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) compounded fastest (Studio City International Holdings (MSC) -38.0%/yr, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) -1.9%/yr, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) +19.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) has been the steadiest (Studio City International Holdings (MSC) 108.9%, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) 31.5%, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) 24.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) 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.