Financial Review: Simplicity Esports and Gaming (OTCMKTS:WINR) and Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY)

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

Profitability

This table compares Simplicity Esports and Gaming and Century Casinos’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Simplicity Esports and Gaming	N/A	N/A	N/A
Century Casinos	-23.71%	-81.24%	-7.26%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Simplicity Esports and Gaming and Century Casinos, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Simplicity Esports and Gaming	0	0	0	0	0.00
Century Casinos	0	0	4	0	3.00

Century Casinos has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 119.30%. Given Century Casinos’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Simplicity Esports and Gaming.

Volatility & Risk

Simplicity Esports and Gaming has a beta of -0.73, meaning that its share price is 173% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Simplicity Esports and Gaming shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Century Casinos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Simplicity Esports and Gaming 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
Simplicity Esports and Gaming	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Century Casinos	$575.92 million	0.12	-$128.17 million	($4.40)	-0.52

Simplicity Esports and Gaming has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Century Casinos.

Summary

Century Casinos beats Simplicity Esports and Gaming on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Simplicity Esports and Gaming

Simplicity Esports and Gaming Company operates as an esports company in the United States and Brazil. It owns and manages professional esports teams, such as Flamengo Esports, one of the top League of Legends team in Latin America. It holds online, play-at-home esports tournaments, allowing gamers to compete for cash and prizes from the comfort of their homes. It also collects and royalty from over 40 esports gaming centers, owned by franchisees. The centers blend the latest high performance gaming PCs and consoles for casual and competitive gaming, sales of gaming related merchandise and equipment, and organized grassroots leagues and tournaments.

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.