Good Times Restaurants (GTIM) Competitors

Good Times Restaurants (NASDAQ:GTIM) and Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) are both small-cap restaurants, hotels, motels companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is GTIM or CNTY more profitable?

Good Times Restaurants has a net margin of 0.88% compared to Century Casinos' net margin of -18.43%. Good Times Restaurants' return on equity of 5.29% beat Century Casinos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Good Times Restaurants	0.88%	5.29%	2.00%
Century Casinos	-18.43%	-72.39%	-5.03%

Which has more volatility and risk, GTIM or CNTY?

Good Times Restaurants has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GTIM or CNTY?

Good Times Restaurants has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Century Casinos. Century Casinos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Good Times Restaurants, 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
Good Times Restaurants	$142.32M	0.12	$1.61M	$0.12	13.67
Century Casinos	$574.73M	0.12	-$128.17M	-$3.44	-0.69

Do analysts rate GTIM or CNTY?

Century Casinos has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 109.21%. Given Century Casinos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Good Times Restaurants.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Good Times Restaurants	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Century Casinos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GTIM or CNTY?

12.1% of Good Times Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.3% of Good Times Restaurants shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Century Casinos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer GTIM or CNTY?

In the previous week, Century Casinos had 1 more articles in the media than Good Times Restaurants. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Century Casinos and 4 mentions for Good Times Restaurants. Good Times Restaurants' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Century Casinos' score of 0.49 indicating that Good Times Restaurants is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Good Times Restaurants	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Century Casinos	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Good Times Restaurants and Century Casinos tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.