Bragg Gaming Group (NASDAQ:BRAG – Get Free Report) and Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
4.0% of Bragg Gaming Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Accel Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of Bragg Gaming Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Accel Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Bragg Gaming Group and Accel Entertainment, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bragg Gaming Group | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Accel Entertainment | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
Profitability
This table compares Bragg Gaming Group and Accel Entertainment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bragg Gaming Group | -5.63% | -8.14% | -5.51% |
| Accel Entertainment | 3.39% | 29.41% | 6.84% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Bragg Gaming Group and Accel Entertainment”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bragg Gaming Group | $110.38 million | 1.05 | -$5.57 million | ($0.27) | -17.07 |
| Accel Entertainment | $1.23 billion | 0.84 | $35.25 million | $0.49 | 24.82 |
Accel Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Bragg Gaming Group. Bragg Gaming Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Accel Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Bragg Gaming Group has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accel Entertainment has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Accel Entertainment beats Bragg Gaming Group on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bragg Gaming Group
Bragg Gaming Group Inc. provides business to business online gaming technology platform and casino content aggregator worldwide. The company offers a range of games, including slot, table, card, video bingo, scratch card, and virtual sports, as well as live dealer games. It also provides player account management platform, a multi-channel and cross-product that enables operators to manage the entire product suite using one shared account and one wallet for casino, lottery, sportsbook, and other operations; and Fuze, a single integrated platform that delivers third party gaming content. In addition, the company offers turnkey and managed services; and holds various content distribution rights through partnerships with selected third-party studios. It offers its products under the Wild Streak, Spin, Atomic Slot Lab, Indigo Magic, Oryx Gaming, iCasino, and sportsbook brands. The company was formerly known as Rockies Financial Corporation and as changed its name to Bragg Gaming Group Inc. in 2018. Bragg Gaming Group Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
About Accel Entertainment
Accel Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a distributed gaming operator in the United States. It is involved in the installation, maintenance, and operation of gaming terminals; redemption devices that disburse winnings and contain automated teller machine (ATM) functionality; and other amusement devices in authorized non-casino locations, such as restaurants, bars, taverns, convenience stores, liquor stores, truck stops, and grocery stores. The company also provides gaming solutions to the location partners. In addition, it operates stand-alone ATMs in gaming and non-gaming locations, as well as amusement devices, including jukeboxes, dartboards, pool tables, and other related entertainment equipment. The company is headquartered in Burr Ridge, Illinois.
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