Century Casinos (CNTY) Competitors

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

Is CNTY or RLH more profitable?

Century Casinos has a net margin of -7.01% compared to Red Lion Hotels' net margin of -34.60%. Red Lion Hotels' return on equity of -16.94% beat Century Casinos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Casinos	-7.01%	-18.29%	-3.21%
Red Lion Hotels	-34.60%	-16.94%	-12.88%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CNTY or RLH?

Red Lion Hotels has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Century Casinos.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Casinos	$550.21M	0.15	-$28.20M	-$1.34	-2.03
Red Lion Hotels	$114.29M	0.78	-$19.03M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CNTY or RLH?

66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of Red Lion Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Century Casinos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Red Lion Hotels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CNTY or RLH?

In the previous week, Century Casinos had 6 more articles in the media than Red Lion Hotels. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Century Casinos and 0 mentions for Red Lion Hotels. Century Casinos' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Red Lion Hotels' score of 0.00 indicating that Century Casinos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Century Casinos	Neutral
Red Lion Hotels	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CNTY or RLH?

Red Lion Hotels received 8 more outperform votes than Century Casinos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.16% of users gave Century Casinos an outperform vote while only 53.63% of users gave Red Lion Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Casinos	Outperform Votes 273 65.16%	Underperform Votes 146 34.84%
Red Lion Hotels	Outperform Votes 281 53.63%	Underperform Votes 243 46.37%

Do analysts rate CNTY or RLH?

Century Casinos currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 157.35%. Given Century Casinos' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Red Lion Hotels.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Casinos	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Red Lion Hotels	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, CNTY or RLH?

Century Casinos has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Lion Hotels has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Century Casinos beats Red Lion Hotels on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.