Canterbury Park (CPHC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHDN or CPHC?

Churchill Downs received 366 more outperform votes than Canterbury Park when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.24% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Canterbury Park an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Churchill Downs	Outperform Votes 468 67.24%	Underperform Votes 228 32.76%
Canterbury Park	Outperform Votes 102 66.67%	Underperform Votes 51 33.33%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CHDN or CPHC?

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
Churchill Downs	$2.79B	2.41	$417.30M	$5.62	16.27
Canterbury Park	$61.44M	1.41	$10.56M	$0.94	18.36

Which has more risk & volatility, CHDN or CPHC?

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

Does the media prefer CHDN or CPHC?

In the previous week, Churchill Downs had 42 more articles in the media than Canterbury Park. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Churchill Downs and 1 mentions for Canterbury Park. Churchill Downs' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Canterbury Park's score of 0.00 indicating that Churchill Downs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Churchill Downs	Neutral
Canterbury Park	Neutral

Do analysts rate CHDN or CPHC?

Churchill Downs currently has a consensus target price of $144.80, indicating a potential upside of 58.39%. Given Churchill Downs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Churchill Downs is more favorable than Canterbury Park.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Churchill Downs	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Canterbury Park	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

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

Is CHDN or CPHC a better dividend stock?

Churchill Downs pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Canterbury Park pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Churchill Downs pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canterbury Park pays out 29.8% 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.

Is CHDN or CPHC 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
Churchill Downs	15.61%	43.67%	6.15%
Canterbury Park	7.60%	5.68%	4.33%

Summary

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