Century Casinos - CNTY Competitors

Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) and Full House Resorts (NASDAQ:FLL) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Does the media refer more to CNTY or FLL?

In the previous week, Full House Resorts had 1 more articles in the media than Century Casinos. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Full House Resorts and 1 mentions for Century Casinos. Century Casinos' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Full House Resorts' score of 1.43 indicating that Century Casinos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Century Casinos	Very Positive
Full House Resorts	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CNTY or FLL?

Century Casinos has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Full House Resorts has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CNTY or FLL?

Century Casinos currently has a consensus target price of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 75.93%. Full House Resorts has a consensus target price of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 110.17%. Given Full House Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Full House Resorts is more favorable than Century Casinos.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Casinos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Full House Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CNTY or FLL?

Century Casinos has higher revenue and earnings than Full House Resorts. Full House Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Century Casinos, 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	$430.53 million	0.50	$7.98 million	$0.24	30.00
Full House Resorts	$163.28 million	1.44	-$14.80 million	-$0.43	-15.86

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNTY or FLL?

Century Casinos received 109 more outperform votes than Full House Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.76% of users gave Century Casinos an outperform vote while only 64.46% of users gave Full House Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Casinos	Outperform Votes 265 65.76%	Underperform Votes 138 34.24%
Full House Resorts	Outperform Votes 156 64.46%	Underperform Votes 86 35.54%

Is CNTY or FLL more profitable?

Century Casinos has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Full House Resorts' net margin of -9.07%. Century Casinos' return on equity of 5.15% beat Full House Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Casinos	1.85%	5.15%	0.96%
Full House Resorts	-9.07%	-13.81%	-2.56%

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

69.2% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Full House Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Century Casinos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of Full House Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Century Casinos beats Full House Resorts on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.