Critical Comparison: Canterbury Park (CPHC) & The Competition

Canterbury Park (NASDAQ:CPHC) is one of 64 publicly-traded companies in the “GAMING” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Canterbury Park to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Canterbury Park and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canterbury Park	1	0	0	0	1.00
Canterbury Park Competitors	740	2779	5754	192	2.57

As a group, “GAMING” companies have a potential upside of 31.08%. Given Canterbury Park’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canterbury Park has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Canterbury Park and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canterbury Park	-0.89%	-0.63%	-0.47%
Canterbury Park Competitors	-95.81%	-44.58%	-0.17%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

76.4% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.9% of shares of all “GAMING” companies are owned by institutional investors. 23.7% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of shares of all “GAMING” companies 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.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Canterbury Park and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canterbury Park	$59.57 million	-$530,000.00	-156.60
Canterbury Park Competitors	$2.85 billion	-$3.81 million	12.48

Canterbury Park’s rivals have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Canterbury Park. Canterbury Park is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

Canterbury Park has a beta of -0.39, indicating that its stock price is 139% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canterbury Park’s rivals have a beta of 2.90, indicating that their average stock price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Canterbury Park pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Canterbury Park pays out -280.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “GAMING” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.2% and pay out 19.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Canterbury Park is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Canterbury Park rivals beat Canterbury Park on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Canterbury Park Company Profile

Canterbury Park Holding Corp. engages in hosting and managing pari mutuel wagering activities. It operates through the following business segments: Horse Racing, Card Casino, Food & Beverage and Development. The Horse Racing segment includes simulcast and live horse racing operations. The Card Casino segment holds unbanked card games, poker and table games. The Food and Beverage segment consists of concession stands, restaurant and buffet, bars, and other food venues. The Development segment owns land for racetrack operations. Canterbury Park Holding was founded by Curtis A. Samson, Randall D. Sampson, and Dale H. Schenian on March 24, 1994 and is headquartered in Shakopee, MN.