Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY – Get Free Report) and Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Century Casinos and Take-Two Interactive Software”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Century Casinos | $572.97 million | 0.07 | -$61.42 million | ($2.03) | -0.74 |
| Take-Two Interactive Software | $5.63 billion | 7.13 | -$4.48 billion | ($22.38) | -9.69 |
Risk and Volatility
Century Casinos has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Take-Two Interactive Software has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Century Casinos and Take-Two Interactive Software’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Century Casinos | -10.72% | -364.04% | -5.26% |
| Take-Two Interactive Software | -60.45% | 17.73% | 5.71% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
66.4% of Century Casinos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Take-Two Interactive Software shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Century Casinos shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Take-Two Interactive Software shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Century Casinos and Take-Two Interactive Software, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Century Casinos | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Take-Two Interactive Software | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2.89 |
Century Casinos currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 100.00%. Take-Two Interactive Software has a consensus price target of $284.31, indicating a potential upside of 31.11%. Given Century Casinos’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Take-Two Interactive Software.
Summary
Take-Two Interactive Software beats Century Casinos on 8 of the 15 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 Take-Two Interactive Software
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. develops, publishes, and markets interactive entertainment solutions for consumers worldwide. It develops and publishes action/adventure products under the Grand Theft Auto, LA Noire, Max Payne, Midnight Club, and Red Dead Redemption names, as well as other franchises. The company also publishes various entertainment properties across various platforms and a range of genres, such as shooter, action, role-playing, strategy, sports, and family/casual entertainment under the BioShock, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, XCOM series, Borderlands, and Tiny Tina’s Wonderland names. In addition, it publishes sports simulation titles comprising NBA 2K series, a basketball video game; the WWE 2K professional wrestling series; mobile titles, including WWE SuperCard; and PGA TOUR 2K. Further, the company offers Kerbal Space Program and OlliOlli World; free-to-play mobile games, such as CSR Racing, Dragon City, Empires & Puzzles, FarmVille, Golf Rival, Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, Match Factory!, Merge Dragons!, Merge Magic!, Monster Legends, Toon Blast, Top Eleven, Top Troops, Toy Blast, Two Dots, Words With Friends, and Zynga Poker; and hyper-casual mobile titles, including Fill the Fridge!, Parking Jam 3D, Power Slap, Pull the Pin, Twisted Tangle, and Tangled Snakes. Its products are designed for console gaming systems; personal computers; and mobiles comprising smartphones and tablets. The company provides its products through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.
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