Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) and Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD) Critical Contrast
by Michael Walen · The Markets DailySportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD – Get Free Report) and Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Risk and Volatility
Sportradar Group has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Century Casinos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Sportradar Group and Century Casinos’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Sportradar Group | 1.23% | 1.89% | 0.65% |
| Century Casinos | -9.62% | -3,789.52% | -4.93% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Sportradar Group and Century Casinos, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Sportradar Group | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2.65 |
| Century Casinos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
Sportradar Group currently has a consensus price target of $18.22, suggesting a potential upside of 52.46%. Century Casinos has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 294.22%. Given Century Casinos’ higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Sportradar Group.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Sportradar Group and Century Casinos”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Sportradar Group | $1.46 billion | 2.45 | $113.50 million | $0.06 | 199.17 |
| Century Casinos | $572.97 million | 0.04 | -$61.42 million | ($1.93) | -0.39 |
Sportradar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Century Casinos. Century Casinos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sportradar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sportradar Group beats Century Casinos on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Sportradar Group
Sportradar Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides sports data services for the sports betting and media industries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Malta, Switzerland, and internationally. Its sports data services to the bookmaking under the Betradar brand name, and to the international media industry under the Sportradar Media Services brand name. The company offers mission-critical software, data, and content to sports leagues and federations, betting operators, and media companies. It also provides sports entertainment, gaming, and sports solutions, as well as live streaming solution for online, mobile, and retail sports betting. In addition, its software solutions address the entire sports betting value chain from traffic generation and advertising technology to the collection, processing, and extrapolation of data and odds, as well as to visualization solutions, risk management, and platform services. Sportradar Group AG was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
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.