Allied Gaming & Entertainment (NASDAQ:AGAE) vs. Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) Head to Head Contrast

Allied Gaming & Entertainment (NASDAQ:AGAE) and Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Allied Gaming & Entertainment and Flutter Entertainment, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Allied Gaming & Entertainment	1	0	0	0	1.00
Flutter Entertainment	2	5	17	3	2.78

Flutter Entertainment has a consensus target price of $280.86, indicating a potential upside of 66.36%. Given Flutter Entertainment’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Flutter Entertainment is more favorable than Allied Gaming & Entertainment.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

3.2% of Allied Gaming & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 34.6% of Allied Gaming & Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Flutter Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Allied Gaming & Entertainment and Flutter Entertainment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Allied Gaming & Entertainment	-280.09%	-19.56%	-11.82%
Flutter Entertainment	-0.95%	14.42%	5.23%

Volatility and Risk

Allied Gaming & Entertainment has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flutter Entertainment has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Allied Gaming & Entertainment and Flutter Entertainment”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Allied Gaming & Entertainment	$9.08 million	1.25	-$16.76 million	($0.54)	-0.56
Flutter Entertainment	$14.05 billion	2.11	$43.00 million	($1.30)	-129.87

Flutter Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Allied Gaming & Entertainment. Flutter Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allied Gaming & Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Flutter Entertainment beats Allied Gaming & Entertainment on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Allied Gaming & Entertainment

Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. operates as an experiential entertainment company, which engages in the creation of esports venues and live events for both video games and poker. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

About Flutter Entertainment

Flutter Entertainment plc operates as a sports betting and gaming company in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, the United States, Italy, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: UK & Ireland, Australia, International, and US. It offers sports betting, iGaming, daily fantasy sports, online racing wagering, and TV broadcasting products; sportsbooks and exchange sports betting products, and gaming products; and online sports betting. In addition, it provides online poker, casino, and rummy. Further, it provides sports betting and gaming services through paddypower.com, betfair.com, sportsbet.com.au, tvg.com, us.betfair.com, fanduel.com, adjarabet.com, pokerstars.com, Skybet.com, tombola.com, sisal.com, and maxbet.rs websites under the FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, TVG, Stardust, Junglee Games, and Adjarabet brands, as well as live poker tours and events. The company was formerly known as Paddy Power Betfair plc and changed its name to Flutter Entertainment plc in 2019. Flutter Entertainment plc was incorporated in 1958 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.