GDEN vs. CZR, RRR, ACEL, BYD, HGV, MGM, TNL, FUN, IQ, and SPHR
Should you be buying Golden Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Golden Entertainment include Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Six Flags Entertainment (FUN), iQIYI (IQ), and Sphere Entertainment (SPHR).
Golden Entertainment vs. Its Competitors
Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) and Golden Entertainment (NASDAQ:GDEN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation and earnings.
Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Entertainment has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Caesars Entertainment had 9 more articles in the media than Golden Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Caesars Entertainment and 9 mentions for Golden Entertainment. Golden Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Caesars Entertainment's score of 0.75 indicating that Golden Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Golden Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Caesars Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of Golden Entertainment 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.
Golden Entertainment has a net margin of 2.35% compared to Caesars Entertainment's net margin of -1.71%. Golden Entertainment's return on equity of 3.23% beat Caesars Entertainment's return on equity.
Caesars Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $42.20, suggesting a potential upside of 91.56%. Golden Entertainment has a consensus price target of $34.20, suggesting a potential upside of 58.04%. Given Caesars Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Golden Entertainment.
Golden Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Caesars Entertainment. Caesars Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golden Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Golden Entertainment beats Caesars Entertainment on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:GDEN) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
