Golden Entertainment (GDEN) Competitors

Golden Entertainment (NASDAQ:GDEN) and United Parks & Resorts (NYSE:PRKS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is GDEN or PRKS more profitable?

United Parks & Resorts has a net margin of 13.85% compared to Golden Entertainment's net margin of 5.23%. Golden Entertainment's return on equity of 0.69% beat United Parks & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Golden Entertainment	5.23%	0.69%	0.28%
United Parks & Resorts	13.85%	-76.13%	9.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GDEN or PRKS?

Golden Entertainment received 298 more outperform votes than United Parks & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.71% of users gave Golden Entertainment an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave United Parks & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Golden Entertainment	Outperform Votes 316 63.71%	Underperform Votes 180 36.29%
United Parks & Resorts	Outperform Votes 18 58.06%	Underperform Votes 13 41.94%

Do analysts rate GDEN or PRKS?

Golden Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $36.86, suggesting a potential upside of 33.73%. United Parks & Resorts has a consensus target price of $61.18, suggesting a potential upside of 28.64%. Given Golden Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Golden Entertainment is more favorable than United Parks & Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Golden Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
United Parks & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Does the media refer more to GDEN or PRKS?

In the previous week, United Parks & Resorts had 5 more articles in the media than Golden Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for United Parks & Resorts and 5 mentions for Golden Entertainment. Golden Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat United Parks & Resorts' score of 0.68 indicating that Golden Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Golden Entertainment	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
United Parks & Resorts	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GDEN or PRKS?

Golden Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United Parks & Resorts. United Parks & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Golden Entertainment, 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
Golden Entertainment	$666.82M	1.10	$255.76M	$1.67	16.50
United Parks & Resorts	$1.73B	1.52	$234.20M	$3.87	12.29

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GDEN or PRKS?

70.7% of Golden Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 29.1% of Golden Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of United Parks & Resorts 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, GDEN or PRKS?

Golden Entertainment has a beta of 2.29, suggesting that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Parks & Resorts has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Golden Entertainment beats United Parks & Resorts on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.