Head-To-Head Comparison: Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) and Candlewood Hotel (OTCMKTS:CNDL)

Candlewood Hotel (OTCMKTS:CNDL) and Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Candlewood Hotel and Century Casinos, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Candlewood Hotel	0	0	0	0	0.00
Century Casinos	0	0	4	0	3.00

Century Casinos has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.74%. Given Century Casinos’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Candlewood Hotel.

Profitability

This table compares Candlewood Hotel and Century Casinos’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Candlewood Hotel	N/A	N/A	N/A
Century Casinos	-12.73%	-41.20%	-5.59%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Candlewood Hotel and Century Casinos”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Candlewood Hotel	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Century Casinos	$550.21 million	0.21	-$28.20 million	($2.43)	-1.56

Candlewood Hotel has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Century Casinos.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.9% of Candlewood Hotel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Century Casinos beats Candlewood Hotel on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Candlewood Hotel

Candlewood Hotel Company, Inc. operates, franchises, owns, and manages business-travel hotels. It offers studios, one-bedroom suites, and accommodations to mid-market business and personal travelers. Each hotel is equipped with an exercise room, a complimentary guest laundry facility, a dry cleaning drop, free local calls and long distance calls, and self-service packaged foods and beverages; and a free First Night Kit’ complete with items, such as coffee and popcorn. In addition, studio and one-bedroom suite offers amenities, such as two telephones, with two incoming direct dial lines and computer connections; an executive desk with a quad-outlet to accommodate office equipment needs, an executive chair, a bulletin board, a guest chair, and personalized remote accessible telephone mail; a television, video cassette player, and compact disc player; an iron and ironing board; and a kitchen. In addition, it operates recreational facilities, such as swimming pool and fitness center; a kitchen in every suite; a complimentary cooked to order’ breakfast; and a hospitality area for breakfast and socializing. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Wichita, Kansas.

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.