Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY – Get Free Report) and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ:RRGB – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Century Casinos shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers 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.
Risk and Volatility
Century Casinos has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Century Casinos and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers’ 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% |
| Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | -2.55% | N/A | -2.65% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Century Casinos and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Century Casinos | $572.97 million | 0.03 | -$61.42 million | ($1.93) | -0.31 |
| Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | $1.21 billion | 0.13 | -$23.28 million | ($1.69) | -5.04 |
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has higher revenue and earnings than Century Casinos. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Century Casinos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Century Casinos and Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Century Casinos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Red Robin Gourmet Burgers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
Century Casinos currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 401.67%. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has a consensus price target of $8.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.08%. Given Century Casinos’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Red Robin Gourmet Burgers.
Summary
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers beats Century Casinos on 10 of the 12 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 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises casual-dining restaurants, in North America and one Canadian province. Its restaurants primarily offer burgers and pizza, appetizers, salads, soups, other entrees, desserts, wings, milkshakes, alcoholic and non-alcoholic specialty drinks, cocktails, wine, and beers. The company was founded in 1969 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.
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