Accel Entertainment (ACEL) Competitors

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

Is NGMS or ACEL more profitable?

Accel Entertainment has a net margin of 3.90% compared to Accel Entertainment's net margin of -9.54%. NeoGames' return on equity of 39.62% beat Accel Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NeoGames	-9.54%	9.15%	2.80%
Accel Entertainment	3.90%	39.62%	8.65%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NGMS or ACEL?

29.7% of NeoGames shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Accel Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 27.8% of NeoGames shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Accel Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, NGMS or ACEL?

NeoGames has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accel Entertainment has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NGMS or ACEL?

NeoGames received 3 more outperform votes than Accel Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.46% of users gave NeoGames an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Accel Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NeoGames	Outperform Votes 17 41.46%	Underperform Votes 24 58.54%
Accel Entertainment	Outperform Votes 14 38.89%	Underperform Votes 22 61.11%

Do analysts rate NGMS or ACEL?

NeoGames presently has a consensus price target of $29.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.17%. Given Accel Entertainment's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NeoGames is more favorable than Accel Entertainment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NeoGames	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Accel Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NGMS or ACEL?

Accel Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than NeoGames. NeoGames 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
NeoGames	$191.54M	5.15	-$18.28M	-$0.54	-54.54
Accel Entertainment	$1.17B	0.81	$45.60M	$0.53	21.27

Does the media refer more to NGMS or ACEL?

In the previous week, NeoGames had 4 more articles in the media than Accel Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NeoGames and 3 mentions for Accel Entertainment. NeoGames' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Accel Entertainment's score of 0.02 indicating that Accel Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NeoGames	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Accel Entertainment	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Accel Entertainment beats NeoGames on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.