Rush Street Interactive (RSI) Competitors

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI) and DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, RSI or DKNG?

Rush Street Interactive has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DraftKings has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer RSI or DKNG?

Rush Street Interactive currently has a consensus target price of $15.89, indicating a potential upside of 4.43%. DraftKings has a consensus target price of $54.38, indicating a potential upside of 21.22%. Given DraftKings' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DraftKings is more favorable than Rush Street Interactive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rush Street Interactive	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
DraftKings	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	27 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.96

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, RSI or DKNG?

Rush Street Interactive has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DraftKings. DraftKings is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Street Interactive, 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
Rush Street Interactive	$969.06M	3.60	$2.39M	$0.08	190.19
DraftKings	$5.00B	7.98	-$507.29M	-$0.83	-54.05

Is RSI or DKNG more profitable?

Rush Street Interactive has a net margin of 0.87% compared to DraftKings' net margin of -7.97%. Rush Street Interactive's return on equity of 7.35% beat DraftKings' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rush Street Interactive	0.87%	7.35%	3.80%
DraftKings	-7.97%	-34.55%	-8.51%

Does the media refer more to RSI or DKNG?

In the previous week, DraftKings had 19 more articles in the media than Rush Street Interactive. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for DraftKings and 8 mentions for Rush Street Interactive. DraftKings' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Rush Street Interactive's score of 0.98 indicating that DraftKings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rush Street Interactive	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DraftKings	16 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RSI or DKNG?

24.8% of Rush Street Interactive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of DraftKings shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.9% of Rush Street Interactive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.2% of DraftKings shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Rush Street Interactive and DraftKings tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.