Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) vs. Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) Critical Comparison

Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR) and Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY) 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 institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Corsair Gaming and Century Casinos”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corsair Gaming	$1.46 billion	0.68	-$12.47 million	$0.08	115.63
Century Casinos	$572.97 million	0.06	-$61.42 million	($1.94)	-0.67

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Century Casinos shares are held by institutional investors. 54.5% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Century Casinos shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corsair Gaming	0.71%	9.71%	4.97%
Century Casinos	-9.88%	-3,789.52%	-4.97%

Volatility & Risk

Corsair Gaming has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Casinos has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Corsair Gaming and Century Casinos, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corsair Gaming	1	3	3	0	2.29
Century Casinos	1	0	2	0	2.33

Corsair Gaming currently has a consensus target price of $8.33, indicating a potential downside of 9.91%. Century Casinos has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 130.77%. Given Century Casinos’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Corsair Gaming.

Summary

Corsair Gaming beats Century Casinos on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.