Accel Entertainment (ACEL) Competitors

Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL) and Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ACEL or FUN?

55.4% of Accel Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of Accel Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ACEL or FUN?

In the previous week, Accel Entertainment had 3 more articles in the media than Cedar Fair. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Accel Entertainment and 2 mentions for Cedar Fair. Cedar Fair's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Accel Entertainment's score of 1.16 indicating that Cedar Fair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Accel Entertainment	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cedar Fair	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ACEL or FUN?

Accel Entertainment has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cedar Fair has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ACEL or FUN?

Accel Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.93%. Cedar Fair has a consensus target price of $49.20, indicating a potential upside of 35.35%. Given Accel Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Accel Entertainment is more favorable than Cedar Fair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Accel Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cedar Fair	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is ACEL or FUN more profitable?

Accel Entertainment has a net margin of 3.54% compared to Cedar Fair's net margin of 0.99%. Cedar Fair's return on equity of 113.05% beat Accel Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Accel Entertainment	3.54%	35.26%	7.71%
Cedar Fair	0.99%	113.05%	2.41%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ACEL or FUN?

Cedar Fair received 674 more outperform votes than Accel Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.58% of users gave Cedar Fair an outperform vote while only 45.00% of users gave Accel Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Accel Entertainment	Outperform Votes 18 45.00%	Underperform Votes 22 55.00%
Cedar Fair	Outperform Votes 692 68.58%	Underperform Votes 317 31.42%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ACEL or FUN?

Cedar Fair has higher revenue and earnings than Accel Entertainment. Cedar Fair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Accel 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
Accel Entertainment	$1.25B	0.76	$45.60M	$0.49	23.10
Cedar Fair	$2.81B	1.31	$124.56M	-$2.78	-13.08

Summary

Accel Entertainment and Cedar Fair tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.