Churchill Downs (CHDN) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CPHC or CHDN?

Churchill Downs has a consensus price target of $145.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.16%. Given Canterbury Park's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Churchill Downs is more favorable than Canterbury Park.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canterbury Park	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Churchill Downs	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CPHC or CHDN more profitable?

Canterbury Park has a net margin of 14.12% compared to Canterbury Park's net margin of 13.72%. Canterbury Park's return on equity of 44.99% beat Churchill Downs' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canterbury Park	14.12%	10.85%	8.50%
Churchill Downs	13.72%	44.99%	5.70%

Does the media prefer CPHC or CHDN?

In the previous week, Churchill Downs had 3 more articles in the media than Canterbury Park. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Churchill Downs and 3 mentions for Canterbury Park. Canterbury Park's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Churchill Downs' score of 0.00 indicating that Churchill Downs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canterbury Park	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Churchill Downs	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPHC or CHDN?

Churchill Downs received 336 more outperform votes than Canterbury Park when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Canterbury Park an outperform vote while only 66.57% of users gave Churchill Downs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canterbury Park	Outperform Votes 102 66.67%	Underperform Votes 51 33.33%
Churchill Downs	Outperform Votes 438 66.57%	Underperform Votes 220 33.43%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CPHC or CHDN?

76.4% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.6% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.5% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Churchill Downs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CPHC or CHDN?

Churchill Downs has higher revenue and earnings than Canterbury Park. Canterbury Park is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Churchill Downs, 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
Canterbury Park	$61.44M	1.81	$10.56M	$1.77	12.63
Churchill Downs	$2.46B	3.87	$417.30M	$4.49	28.84

Is CPHC or CHDN a better dividend stock?

Canterbury Park pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Churchill Downs pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Canterbury Park pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Churchill Downs pays out 8.5% 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, CPHC or CHDN?

Canterbury Park has a beta of -0.22, indicating that its share price is 122% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Churchill Downs has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Churchill Downs beats Canterbury Park on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.