Century Casinos (CNTY) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate GHG or CNTY?

Century Casinos has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 114.59%. Given Century Casinos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than GreenTree Hospitality Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GreenTree Hospitality Group	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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

8.1% of GreenTree Hospitality Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Century Casinos shares are held by institutional investors. 88.7% of GreenTree Hospitality Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Century Casinos shares are held 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.

Is GHG or CNTY more profitable?

GreenTree Hospitality Group has a net margin of 8.67% compared to Century Casinos' net margin of -23.71%. GreenTree Hospitality Group's return on equity of 7.51% beat Century Casinos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GreenTree Hospitality Group	8.67%	7.51%	2.29%
Century Casinos	-23.71%	-81.24%	-7.26%

Does the media refer more to GHG or CNTY?

In the previous week, GreenTree Hospitality Group had 2 more articles in the media than Century Casinos. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for GreenTree Hospitality Group and 1 mentions for Century Casinos. Century Casinos' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat GreenTree Hospitality Group's score of 0.51 indicating that Century Casinos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GreenTree Hospitality Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GHG or CNTY?

GreenTree Hospitality Group has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GHG or CNTY?

GreenTree Hospitality Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Century Casinos. Century Casinos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GreenTree Hospitality Group, 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
GreenTree Hospitality Group	$184.05M	1.22	$15.07M	$0.43	5.16
Century Casinos	$575.92M	0.12	-$128.17M	-$4.40	-0.53

Summary

GreenTree Hospitality Group beats Century Casinos on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.