Canterbury Park (CPHC) Competitors

Canterbury Park (NASDAQ:CPHC) and Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, CPHC or CHDN?

Canterbury Park has a beta of -0.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Churchill Downs has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CPHC or CHDN?

Churchill Downs has higher revenue and earnings than Canterbury Park. Churchill Downs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canterbury Park, 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
Canterbury Park	$61.44M	1.45	$10.56M	$0.94	18.94
Churchill Downs	$2.79B	2.42	$417.30M	$5.62	16.59

Is CPHC or CHDN more profitable?

Churchill Downs has a net margin of 15.61% compared to Canterbury Park's net margin of 7.60%. Churchill Downs' return on equity of 43.67% beat Canterbury Park's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canterbury Park	7.60%	5.68%	4.33%
Churchill Downs	15.61%	43.67%	6.15%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPHC or CHDN?

Churchill Downs received 368 more outperform votes than Canterbury Park when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Canterbury Park an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canterbury Park	Outperform Votes 102 66.67%	Underperform Votes 51 33.33%
Churchill Downs	Outperform Votes 470 67.34%	Underperform Votes 228 32.66%

Does the media prefer CPHC or CHDN?

In the previous week, Churchill Downs had 12 more articles in the media than Canterbury Park. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Churchill Downs and 0 mentions for Canterbury Park. Churchill Downs' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Canterbury Park's score of 0.00 indicating that Churchill Downs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Canterbury Park	Neutral
Churchill Downs	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CPHC or CHDN?

76.4% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Churchill Downs 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.

Do analysts recommend CPHC or CHDN?

Churchill Downs has a consensus price target of $142.90, suggesting a potential upside of 53.26%. Given Churchill Downs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Churchill Downs is more favorable than Canterbury Park.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canterbury Park	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Churchill Downs	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CPHC or CHDN a better dividend stock?

Canterbury Park pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Churchill Downs pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Canterbury Park pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Churchill Downs pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Churchill Downs has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

Churchill Downs beats Canterbury Park on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.