Comparing Inspirato (NASDAQ:ISPO) and Century Casinos (NASDAQ:CNTY)

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Casinos	$572.97 million	0.05	-$61.42 million	($1.93)	-0.54
Inspirato	$247.65 million	0.22	-$5.39 million	($0.87)	-4.90

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Century Casinos and Inspirato, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Casinos	1	0	1	0	2.00
Inspirato	1	0	0	0	1.00

Century Casinos currently has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 188.46%. Given Century Casinos’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Century Casinos is more favorable than Inspirato.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

66.4% of Century Casinos shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Inspirato shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.0% of Century Casinos shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 50.0% of Inspirato shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Century Casinos and Inspirato’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Casinos	-9.62%	-3,789.52%	-4.93%
Inspirato	-4.24%	N/A	-4.10%

Risk & Volatility

Century Casinos has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inspirato has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

About Inspirato

Inspirato Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a subscription-based luxury travel company. The company's portfolio includes luxury vacation homes, and accommodations at luxury hotels and resorts, as well as luxury safaris, cruises, custom-designed itineraries, and other experiences. It is involved in solving critical pain points for hospitality suppliers seeking to monetize their property with rental income. In addition, the company offers Inspirato Pass for member to book pass trips; Inspirato Club for members to book trips up to one year in advance Inspirato for Good, a platform designed to help nonprofit organizations accelerate funding results; Inspirato for Business, a business-to-business channel through which subscription and travel products are sold directly to businesses seeking to leverage luxury accommodations to recruit, retain, and reward their employees. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.