Rush Street Interactive (RSI) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DKNG or RSI?

37.7% of DraftKings shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of Rush Street Interactive shares are held by institutional investors. 51.2% of DraftKings shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of Rush Street Interactive shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate DKNG or RSI?

DraftKings presently has a consensus target price of $54.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.52%. Rush Street Interactive has a consensus target price of $17.89, suggesting a potential downside of 14.54%. Given DraftKings' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe DraftKings is more favorable than Rush Street Interactive.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DraftKings	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	25 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Rush Street Interactive	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has better earnings and valuation, DKNG or RSI?

Rush Street Interactive has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DraftKings. DraftKings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DraftKings	$4.77B	8.80	-$507.29M	-$0.65	-72.58
Rush Street Interactive	$924.08M	5.18	$2.39M	$0.20	104.66

Which has more risk and volatility, DKNG or RSI?

DraftKings has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Street Interactive has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DKNG or RSI more profitable?

Rush Street Interactive has a net margin of 2.48% compared to DraftKings' net margin of -5.63%. Rush Street Interactive's return on equity of 16.53% beat DraftKings' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DraftKings	-5.63%	-30.06%	-6.80%
Rush Street Interactive	2.48%	16.53%	8.25%

Does the media refer more to DKNG or RSI?

In the previous week, DraftKings had 13 more articles in the media than Rush Street Interactive. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for DraftKings and 8 mentions for Rush Street Interactive. DraftKings' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Rush Street Interactive's score of 0.89 indicating that DraftKings is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DraftKings	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rush Street Interactive	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

DraftKings and Rush Street Interactive tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.