Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) versus Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) Critical Survey

Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) and Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Monarch Casino & Resort and Corsair Gaming, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Monarch Casino & Resort	0	3	2	1	2.67
Corsair Gaming	1	3	3	0	2.29

Monarch Casino & Resort presently has a consensus price target of $109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 13.93%. Corsair Gaming has a consensus price target of $8.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.44%. Given Corsair Gaming’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Corsair Gaming is more favorable than Monarch Casino & Resort.

Risk & Volatility

Monarch Casino & Resort has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corsair Gaming has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

62.4% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. 26.3% of Monarch Casino & Resort shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 58.4% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Monarch Casino & Resort and Corsair Gaming”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Monarch Casino & Resort	$545.12 million	4.14	$101.39 million	$5.90	21.56
Corsair Gaming	$1.47 billion	0.63	-$12.47 million	$0.08	107.88

Monarch Casino & Resort has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Corsair Gaming. Monarch Casino & Resort is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corsair Gaming, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Monarch Casino & Resort and Corsair Gaming’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Monarch Casino & Resort	19.62%	19.98%	15.21%
Corsair Gaming	0.71%	9.71%	4.97%

Summary

Monarch Casino & Resort beats Corsair Gaming on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Monarch Casino & Resort

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. engages in the ownership and operation of the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, a hotel and casino facility in Reno, Nevada, and the Monarch Black Hawk Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Reno, NV.

About Corsair Gaming

Corsair Gaming, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells gaming and streaming peripherals, components and systems in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It offers gamer and creator peripherals, including gaming keyboards, mice, headsets, controllers, and streaming products, such as capture cards, stream decks, microphones and audio interfaces, facecam streaming cameras, studio accessories, gaming furniture, and other related products. The company also provides gaming components and systems comprising power supply units, cooling solutions, computer cases, and DRAM modules, as well as prebuilt and custom-built gaming PCs and laptops, gaming monitors, and others; and PC gaming software comprising iCUE for gamers and Elgato streaming suite for content creators, as well as digital services. It sells its products through e-retail, retail, and direct-to-consumer channels and distributors. Corsair Gaming, Inc. was formerly known as Corsair Components (Cayman) Ltd and changed its name to Corsair Gaming, Inc in August 2017. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.