CNTY vs. LOCO, CVEO, PBPB, GENK, GHG, FLL, MRNO, THCH, LVO, and STKS
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), TH International (THCH), LiveOne (LVO), and ONE Group Hospitality (STKS). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Century Casinos shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
El Pollo Loco currently has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.59%. Century Casinos has a consensus price target of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 46.67%. Given Century Casinos' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than El Pollo Loco.
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 1.15 beat El Pollo Loco's score of 0.41 indicating that Century Casinos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
El Pollo Loco has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos has a beta of 2.6, indicating that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500.
El Pollo Loco received 81 more outperform votes than Century Casinos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.33% 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 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.
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 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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