Century Casinos (CNTY) Competitors

Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) and Red Lion Hotels (NYSE:RLH) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CNTY or RLH?

66.4% of Century Casinos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of Red Lion Hotels shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Century Casinos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Red Lion Hotels shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNTY or RLH?

Red Lion Hotels received 8 more outperform votes than Century Casinos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.16% of users gave Century Casinos an outperform vote while only 54.35% of users gave Red Lion Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Casinos	Outperform Votes 273 65.16%	Underperform Votes 146 34.84%
Red Lion Hotels	Outperform Votes 281 54.35%	Underperform Votes 236 45.65%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CNTY or RLH?

Red Lion Hotels has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Century Casinos.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Casinos	$550.21M	0.15	-$28.20M	-$1.34	-1.99
Red Lion Hotels	$114.29M	0.78	-$19.03M	N/A	N/A

Is CNTY or RLH more profitable?

Century Casinos has a net margin of -7.01% compared to Red Lion Hotels' net margin of -34.60%. Red Lion Hotels' return on equity of -16.94% beat Century Casinos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Casinos	-7.01%	-18.29%	-3.21%
Red Lion Hotels	-34.60%	-16.94%	-12.88%

Does the media favor CNTY or RLH?

In the previous week, Century Casinos had 3 more articles in the media than Red Lion Hotels. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Century Casinos and 0 mentions for Red Lion Hotels. Century Casinos' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Red Lion Hotels' score of 0.00 indicating that Century Casinos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Century Casinos	Positive
Red Lion Hotels	Neutral

Do analysts recommend CNTY or RLH?

Century Casinos currently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 237.08%. Given Century Casinos' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Red Lion Hotels.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Casinos	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Red Lion Hotels	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, CNTY or RLH?

Century Casinos has a beta of 2.6, meaning that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Lion Hotels has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Century Casinos beats Red Lion Hotels on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.