CNTY vs. LOCO, CVEO, PBPB, GENK, GHG, FLL, MRNO, LVO, STKS, and FAT
Should you be buying Century Casinos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Century Casinos include El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Civeo (CVEO), Potbelly (PBPB), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Full House Resorts (FLL), Murano Global Investments (MRNO), LiveOne (LVO), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), and FAT Brands (FAT). These companies are all part of the "restaurants, hotels, motels" industry.
Century Casinos vs.
El Pollo Loco (NASDAQ:LOCO) and Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
El Pollo Loco has a net margin of 5.11% compared to Century Casinos' net margin of -12.73%. El Pollo Loco's return on equity of 10.34% beat Century Casinos' return on equity.
In the previous week, El Pollo Loco had 2 more articles in the media than Century Casinos. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for El Pollo Loco and 2 mentions for Century Casinos. Century Casinos' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat El Pollo Loco's score of 0.59 indicating that Century Casinos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
El Pollo Loco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Century Casinos. Century Casinos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than El Pollo Loco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
El Pollo Loco presently has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.54%. Century Casinos has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 79.15%. Given Century Casinos' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than El Pollo Loco.
81.3% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Century Casinos shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of El Pollo Loco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Century Casinos shares are held 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.
El Pollo Loco received 80 more outperform votes than Century Casinos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.41% of users gave Century Casinos an outperform vote while only 59.37% of users gave El Pollo Loco an outperform vote.
El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
El Pollo Loco beats Century Casinos on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CNTY) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff