Head-To-Head Analysis: Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) & Codere Online Luxembourg (NASDAQ:CDRO)

Codere Online Luxembourg (NASDAQ:CDRO) and Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Codere Online Luxembourg and Skillz, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Codere Online Luxembourg	1	1	1	0	2.00
Skillz	1	0	1	0	2.00

Codere Online Luxembourg currently has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.85%. Skillz has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 207.38%. Given Skillz’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Skillz is more favorable than Codere Online Luxembourg.

Volatility and Risk

Codere Online Luxembourg has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skillz has a beta of 2.93, suggesting that its share price is 193% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Codere Online Luxembourg and Skillz’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Codere Online Luxembourg	N/A	N/A	N/A
Skillz	-69.44%	-50.96%	-22.19%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

10.3% of Codere Online Luxembourg shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Skillz shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Codere Online Luxembourg shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.4% of Skillz shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Codere Online Luxembourg and Skillz”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Codere Online Luxembourg	$217.20 million	1.63	$4.23 million	N/A	N/A
Skillz	$95.47 million	0.78	-$46.79 million	($4.14)	-1.18

Codere Online Luxembourg has higher revenue and earnings than Skillz.

Summary

Codere Online Luxembourg beats Skillz on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Codere Online Luxembourg

Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A. operates as an online casino gaming and sports betting company. It also offers online casino wagering products and services, as well as online gambling and other online services. The company offers its products under the Codere and Greenplay brand names. It primarily operates in Spain, Italy, Mexico, Colombia, the United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa, Austria, Malta, Panama, and Argentina. The company is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

About Skillz

Skillz Inc. operates a mobile game platform in the United States and internationally. The company primarily develops and supports a proprietary online-hosted technology platform that enables independent game developers to host tournaments and provide competitive gaming activity to end-users. The company distributes games through direct app download from its website, as well as through third-party platforms. Skillz Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.