Head to Head Comparison: Century Casinos (CNTY) and Its Peers

Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) is one of 382 publicly-traded companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Century Casinos to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Century Casinos and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Casinos	-9.62%	-3,789.52%	-4.93%
Century Casinos Competitors	2.25%	-42.24%	2.07%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Century Casinos and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Casinos	$580.95 million	-$61.42 million	-0.37
Century Casinos Competitors	$3.42 billion	$247.14 million	-163.56

Century Casinos’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Century Casinos. Century Casinos is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Century Casinos has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos’ peers have a beta of 1.62, meaning that their average share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Century Casinos and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Casinos	1	0	1	0	2.00
Century Casinos Competitors	3774	17131	25354	898	2.50

Century Casinos presently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 315.51%. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 63.56%. Given Century Casinos’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Century Casinos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Century Casinos peers beat Century Casinos on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Century Casinos Company Profile

Century Casinos, Inc. operates as a casino entertainment company in the United States, Canada, and Poland. It develops and operates gaming establishments, as well as related lodging, restaurant, and horse racing including, off-track betting; and entertainment facilities. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.