Golden Entertainment (GDEN) Competitors

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI) and Golden Entertainment (NASDAQ:GDEN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RSI or GDEN?

Golden Entertainment received 259 more outperform votes than Rush Street Interactive when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.71% of users gave Rush Street Interactive an outperform vote while only 63.69% of users gave Golden Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rush Street Interactive	Outperform Votes 55 64.71%	Underperform Votes 30 35.29%
Golden Entertainment	Outperform Votes 314 63.69%	Underperform Votes 179 36.31%

Does the media refer more to RSI or GDEN?

In the previous week, Rush Street Interactive had 21 more articles in the media than Golden Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Rush Street Interactive and 4 mentions for Golden Entertainment. Golden Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Rush Street Interactive's score of 0.26 indicating that Golden Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rush Street Interactive	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Golden Entertainment	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RSI or GDEN?

Golden Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Rush Street Interactive. Rush Street Interactive 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
Rush Street Interactive	$691.16M	4.91	-$18.31M	-$0.02	-751.20
Golden Entertainment	$1.05B	0.84	$255.76M	$1.24	25.99

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RSI or GDEN?

24.8% of Rush Street Interactive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.7% of Golden Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 56.9% of Rush Street Interactive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.1% of Golden Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer RSI or GDEN?

Rush Street Interactive presently has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.82%. Golden Entertainment has a consensus price target of $36.57, suggesting a potential upside of 13.47%. Given Golden Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Golden Entertainment is more favorable than Rush Street Interactive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rush Street Interactive	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Golden Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is RSI or GDEN more profitable?

Golden Entertainment has a net margin of 5.23% compared to Rush Street Interactive's net margin of -0.16%. Golden Entertainment's return on equity of 0.69% beat Rush Street Interactive's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rush Street Interactive	-0.16%	-3.73%	-1.93%
Golden Entertainment	5.23%	0.69%	0.28%

Which has more risk & volatility, RSI or GDEN?

Rush Street Interactive has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Golden Entertainment has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Golden Entertainment beats Rush Street Interactive on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.