Century Casinos (CNTY) Competitors

Potbelly (NASDAQ:PBPB) and Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has better valuation and earnings, PBPB or CNTY?

Potbelly has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Century Casinos. Century Casinos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Potbelly, 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
Potbelly	$491.41M	0.74	$5.12M	$1.25	9.66
Century Casinos	$550.21M	0.17	-$28.20M	-$2.43	-1.23

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PBPB or CNTY?

72.6% of Potbelly shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Century Casinos shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Potbelly shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Century Casinos shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PBPB or CNTY?

Potbelly received 61 more outperform votes than Century Casinos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.49% of users gave Century Casinos an outperform vote while only 64.39% of users gave Potbelly an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Potbelly	Outperform Votes 340 64.39%	Underperform Votes 188 35.61%
Century Casinos	Outperform Votes 279 65.49%	Underperform Votes 147 34.51%

Is PBPB or CNTY more profitable?

Potbelly has a net margin of 8.14% compared to Century Casinos' net margin of -12.73%. Potbelly's return on equity of 18.69% beat Century Casinos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Potbelly	8.14%	18.69%	2.41%
Century Casinos	-12.73%	-41.20%	-5.59%

Do analysts rate PBPB or CNTY?

Potbelly currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.56%. Century Casinos has a consensus target price of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 83.33%. Given Century Casinos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Potbelly.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Potbelly	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Century Casinos	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, PBPB or CNTY?

Potbelly has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos has a beta of 2.64, suggesting that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PBPB or CNTY?

In the previous week, Potbelly had 15 more articles in the media than Century Casinos. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Potbelly and 1 mentions for Century Casinos. Century Casinos' average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Potbelly's score of 0.64 indicating that Century Casinos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Potbelly	2 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	4 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

Summary

Potbelly beats Century Casinos on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.