Century Casinos (CNTY) Competitors

Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) and GreenTree Hospitality Group (NYSE:GHG) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is CNTY or GHG more profitable?

GreenTree Hospitality Group has a net margin of 13.93% compared to Century Casinos' net margin of -12.73%. GreenTree Hospitality Group's return on equity of 12.70% beat Century Casinos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Casinos	-12.73%	-41.20%	-5.59%
GreenTree Hospitality Group	13.93%	12.70%	3.84%

Do analysts rate CNTY or GHG?

Century Casinos presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 151.26%. Given Century Casinos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than GreenTree Hospitality Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Casinos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
GreenTree Hospitality Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, CNTY or GHG?

GreenTree Hospitality Group has higher revenue and earnings than Century Casinos. Century Casinos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GreenTree Hospitality 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
Century Casinos	$570.35M	0.11	-$28.20M	-$4.40	-0.45
GreenTree Hospitality Group	$1.34B	0.15	$37.93M	$0.43	4.63

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CNTY or GHG?

Century Casinos received 92 more outperform votes than GreenTree Hospitality Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.28% of users gave Century Casinos an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave GreenTree Hospitality Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Casinos	Outperform Votes 282 65.28%	Underperform Votes 150 34.72%
GreenTree Hospitality Group	Outperform Votes 190 62.50%	Underperform Votes 114 37.50%

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

66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of GreenTree Hospitality Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Century Casinos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 88.7% of GreenTree Hospitality Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CNTY or GHG?

Century Casinos has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GreenTree Hospitality Group has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CNTY or GHG?

In the previous week, Century Casinos' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled GreenTree Hospitality Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Century Casinos	Neutral
GreenTree Hospitality Group	Neutral

Summary

GreenTree Hospitality Group beats Century Casinos on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.