Canterbury Park (CPHC) Competitors

Canterbury Park (NASDAQ:CPHC) and Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is CPHC or CHDN a better dividend stock?

Canterbury Park pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Churchill Downs pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Canterbury Park pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Churchill Downs pays out 7.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Churchill Downs has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer CPHC or CHDN?

Churchill Downs has a consensus price target of $159.38, indicating a potential upside of 62.63%. Given Churchill Downs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Churchill Downs is more favorable than Canterbury Park.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canterbury Park	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Churchill Downs	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to CPHC or CHDN?

In the previous week, Churchill Downs had 19 more articles in the media than Canterbury Park. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Churchill Downs and 0 mentions for Canterbury Park. Churchill Downs' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Canterbury Park's score of 0.00 indicating that Churchill Downs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Canterbury Park	Neutral
Churchill Downs	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, CPHC or CHDN?

Canterbury Park has a beta of -0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Churchill Downs has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CPHC or CHDN?

Churchill Downs has higher revenue and earnings than Canterbury Park. Churchill Downs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canterbury Park, 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
Canterbury Park	$61.44M	1.40	$10.56M	$0.94	18.28
Churchill Downs	$2.73B	2.63	$417.30M	$5.68	17.25

Is CPHC or CHDN more profitable?

Churchill Downs has a net margin of 15.61% compared to Canterbury Park's net margin of 7.60%. Churchill Downs' return on equity of 43.67% beat Canterbury Park's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canterbury Park	7.60%	5.68%	4.33%
Churchill Downs	15.61%	43.67%	6.15%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CPHC or CHDN?

76.4% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CPHC or CHDN?

Churchill Downs received 357 more outperform votes than Canterbury Park when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.91% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Canterbury Park an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canterbury Park	Outperform Votes 102 66.67%	Underperform Votes 51 33.33%
Churchill Downs	Outperform Votes 459 66.91%	Underperform Votes 227 33.09%

Summary

Churchill Downs beats Canterbury Park on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.