Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY – Get Free Report) and Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ – 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 valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Skillz shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Century Casinos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.4% of Skillz shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Century Casinos and Skillz’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Century Casinos | -18.43% | -72.39% | -5.03% |
| Skillz | -75.38% | -39.99% | -20.44% |
Volatility & Risk
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Century Casinos and Skillz, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Century Casinos | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Skillz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Century Casinos presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 102.43%. Skillz has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 94.65%. Given Century Casinos’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Skillz.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Century Casinos and Skillz”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Century Casinos | $574.73 million | 0.13 | -$128.17 million | ($3.44) | -0.72 |
| Skillz | $95.47 million | 1.41 | -$48.23 million | ($4.20) | -1.83 |
Skillz has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Century Casinos. Skillz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Century Casinos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Century Casinos beats Skillz on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Century Casinos
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.
About Skillz
Skillz Inc. operates a mobile game platform in the United States and internationally. The company primarily develops and supports a proprietary online-hosted technology platform that enables independent game developers to host tournaments and provide competitive gaming activity to end-users. The company distributes games through direct app download from its website, as well as through third-party platforms. Skillz Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.
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