Century Casinos (CNTY) Competitors

GEN Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:GENK) and Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GENK or CNTY?

Century Casinos received 266 more outperform votes than GEN Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 93.75% of users gave GEN Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 65.35% of users gave Century Casinos an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GEN Restaurant Group	Outperform Votes 15 93.75%	Underperform Votes 1 6.25%
Century Casinos	Outperform Votes 281 65.35%	Underperform Votes 149 34.65%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GENK or CNTY?

10.2% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.1% of GEN Restaurant Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is GENK or CNTY more profitable?

GEN Restaurant Group has a net margin of 0.39% compared to Century Casinos' net margin of -12.73%. GEN Restaurant Group's return on equity of 1.83% beat Century Casinos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GEN Restaurant Group	0.39%	1.83%	0.37%
Century Casinos	-12.73%	-41.20%	-5.59%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GENK or CNTY?

GEN Restaurant Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Century Casinos. Century Casinos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GEN Restaurant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GEN Restaurant Group	$208.38M	0.70	$8.41M	$0.14	31.57
Century Casinos	$575.92M	0.07	-$28.20M	-$4.18	-0.31

Does the media favor GENK or CNTY?

In the previous week, GEN Restaurant Group and GEN Restaurant Group both had 2 articles in the media. GEN Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Century Casinos' score of 0.43 indicating that GEN Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GEN Restaurant Group	Positive
Century Casinos	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, GENK or CNTY?

GEN Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos has a beta of 2.51, meaning that its share price is 151% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer GENK or CNTY?

GEN Restaurant Group currently has a consensus target price of $11.63, suggesting a potential upside of 163.01%. Century Casinos has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 323.08%. Given Century Casinos' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than GEN Restaurant Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GEN Restaurant Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Century Casinos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

GEN Restaurant Group beats Century Casinos on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.