Golden Entertainment (GDEN) Competitors

Golden Entertainment (NASDAQ:GDEN) and Atlanta Braves (NASDAQ:BATRA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GDEN or BATRA?

Golden Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Atlanta Braves. Atlanta Braves is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golden Entertainment, 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
Golden Entertainment	$666.82M	1.22	$50.73M	$0.39	78.60
Atlanta Braves	$662.75M	4.63	-$31.27M	-$0.35	-141.63

Is GDEN or BATRA more profitable?

Golden Entertainment has a net margin of 1.72% compared to Atlanta Braves' net margin of -3.18%. Golden Entertainment's return on equity of 3.10% beat Atlanta Braves' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golden Entertainment	1.72%	3.10%	1.39%
Atlanta Braves	-3.18%	-4.07%	-1.35%

Do analysts recommend GDEN or BATRA?

Golden Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.70%. Atlanta Braves has a consensus target price of $52.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.91%. Given Golden Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Golden Entertainment is more favorable than Atlanta Braves.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golden Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Atlanta Braves	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GDEN or BATRA?

70.7% of Golden Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Atlanta Braves shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Golden Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Atlanta Braves shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GDEN or BATRA?

Golden Entertainment has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlanta Braves has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GDEN or BATRA?

In the previous week, Golden Entertainment had 3 more articles in the media than Atlanta Braves. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Golden Entertainment and 2 mentions for Atlanta Braves. Golden Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Atlanta Braves' score of 0.60 indicating that Golden Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golden Entertainment	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atlanta Braves	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Golden Entertainment beats Atlanta Braves on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.