CNTY vs. LOCO, CVEO, MRNO, GHG, FLL, GENK, THCH, STKS, LVO, and HCHL
Should you be buying Century Casinos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Century Casinos include El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Civeo (CVEO), Murano Global BV (MRNO), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), TH International (THCH), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), LiveOne (LVO), and Happy City (HCHL). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Century Casinos vs. Its Competitors
Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) and El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Century Casinos has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Century Casinos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of El Pollo Loco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, El Pollo Loco had 5 more articles in the media than Century Casinos. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for El Pollo Loco and 1 mentions for Century Casinos. Century Casinos' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat El Pollo Loco's score of 0.18 indicating that Century Casinos is being referred to more favorably in the media.
El Pollo Loco has a net margin of 5.15% compared to Century Casinos' net margin of -18.43%. El Pollo Loco's return on equity of 9.83% beat Century Casinos' return on equity.
Century Casinos presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 86.57%. El Pollo Loco has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 77.69%. Given Century Casinos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than El Pollo Loco.
El Pollo Loco has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Century Casinos. Century Casinos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than El Pollo Loco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats Century Casinos on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CNTY) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
