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ACEL vs. RSI, FUN, BATRA, MANU, PRKS, BATRK, GENI, OSW, LGF.A, and IQ

Should you be buying Accel Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Accel Entertainment include Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Six Flags Entertainment (FUN), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Manchester United (MANU), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Atlanta Braves (BATRK), Genius Sports (GENI), OneSpaWorld (OSW), LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ (LGF.A), and iQIYI (IQ). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

Accel Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI) and Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Rush Street Interactive has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accel Entertainment has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Accel Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Rush Street Interactive. Accel Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Street Interactive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rush Street Interactive$924.08M4.79$2.39M$0.2096.75
Accel Entertainment$1.23B0.86$35.25M$0.4925.43

In the previous week, Rush Street Interactive had 33 more articles in the media than Accel Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Rush Street Interactive and 1 mentions for Accel Entertainment. Accel Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Rush Street Interactive's score of 0.61 indicating that Accel Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rush Street Interactive
8 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Accel Entertainment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Accel Entertainment has a net margin of 3.39% compared to Rush Street Interactive's net margin of 2.48%. Accel Entertainment's return on equity of 29.41% beat Rush Street Interactive's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rush Street Interactive2.48% 17.77% 9.17%
Accel Entertainment 3.39%29.41%6.84%

24.8% of Rush Street Interactive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Accel Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 56.9% of Rush Street Interactive shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Accel Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Rush Street Interactive currently has a consensus price target of $17.89, indicating a potential downside of 7.55%. Accel Entertainment has a consensus price target of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.40%. Given Accel Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Accel 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Accel Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Accel Entertainment beats Rush Street Interactive on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ACEL vs. The Competition

MetricAccel EntertainmentGAMING IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.09B$9.36B$8.08B$20.63B
Dividend YieldN/A2.15%3.25%3.67%
P/E Ratio25.4319.4219.1329.01
Price / Sales0.8611.894.2566.07
Price / Cash8.0920.4316.2522.82
Price / Book4.1814.204.784.43
Net Income$35.25M$24.90M$219.41M$993.74M
7 Day Performance-2.21%-1.37%-4.76%-3.39%
1 Month Performance3.66%2.17%38.31%-2.10%
1 Year Performance14.52%17.13%19.75%10.09%

Accel Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ACEL
Accel Entertainment
3.1674 of 5 stars
$12.46
-3.1%
$15.50
+24.4%
+8.0%$1.09B$1.23B25.431,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
3.137 of 5 stars
$15.28
+0.4%
$15.89
+4.0%
+79.6%$3.49B$924.08M191.00470Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
FUN
Six Flags Entertainment
4.5501 of 5 stars
$31.41
-0.6%
$45.67
+45.4%
-36.7%$3.19B$2.71B-11.3098,000Upcoming Earnings
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
1.531 of 5 stars
$48.68
-1.3%
$52.50
+7.8%
+4.3%$3.05B$662.75M-139.081,450News Coverage
MANU
Manchester United
2.566 of 5 stars
$17.46
+0.1%
$23.00
+31.7%
+4.5%$2.95B$644.54M-35.631,140
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
3.0336 of 5 stars
$50.70
-1.2%
$57.38
+13.2%
-6.2%$2.82B$1.73B13.5216,700News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BATRK
Atlanta Braves
3.4723 of 5 stars
$45.29
-0.5%
$57.00
+25.9%
+5.0%$2.34B$662.75M-129.401,240News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GENI
Genius Sports
1.7097 of 5 stars
$10.32
-3.0%
$12.72
+23.2%
+72.7%$2.29B$510.89M-54.322,400Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Gap Down
OSW
OneSpaWorld
3.9384 of 5 stars
$22.43
+1.0%
$21.25
-5.3%
+37.0%$2.28B$895.02M35.055,191News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
LGF.A
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/
N/A$8.60
+2.8%
N/AN/A$2.07B$3.87B-6.931,450
IQ
iQIYI
3.9419 of 5 stars
$1.93
-3.5%
$2.91
+50.8%
-43.3%$1.93B$4.00B48.264,673News Coverage

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