Century Casinos (CNTY) Competitors

Red Lion Hotels (NYSE:RLH) and Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Is RLH or CNTY more profitable?

Century Casinos has a net margin of -12.73% compared to Red Lion Hotels' net margin of -34.60%. Red Lion Hotels' return on equity of -16.94% beat Century Casinos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Red Lion Hotels	-34.60%	-16.94%	-12.88%
Century Casinos	-12.73%	-41.20%	-5.59%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RLH or CNTY?

Red Lion Hotels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Century Casinos.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Red Lion Hotels	$114.29M	0.78	-$19.03M	N/A	N/A
Century Casinos	$550.21M	0.24	-$28.20M	-$2.43	-1.74

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RLH or CNTY?

Red Lion Hotels received 5 more outperform votes than Century Casinos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.25% of users gave Century Casinos an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave Red Lion Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Red Lion Hotels	Outperform Votes 281 52.23%	Underperform Votes 257 47.77%
Century Casinos	Outperform Votes 276 65.25%	Underperform Votes 147 34.75%

Which has more volatility and risk, RLH or CNTY?

Red Lion Hotels has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos has a beta of 2.55, suggesting that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to RLH or CNTY?

In the previous week, Red Lion Hotels and Red Lion Hotels both had 2 articles in the media. Century Casinos' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Red Lion Hotels' score of 0.00 indicating that Century Casinos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Red Lion Hotels	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Century Casinos	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RLH or CNTY?

65.0% of Red Lion Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Century Casinos shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Red Lion Hotels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Century Casinos shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend RLH or CNTY?

Century Casinos has a consensus target price of $4.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.58%. Given Century Casinos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Red Lion Hotels.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Red Lion Hotels	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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Century Casinos beats Red Lion Hotels on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.