Bragg Gaming Group (NASDAQ:BRAG – Get Free Report) and BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Volatility & Risk
Bragg Gaming Group has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ’s Restaurants has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Bragg Gaming Group and BJ’s Restaurants”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Bragg Gaming Group | $119.98 million | 0.19 | -$9.18 million | ($0.36) | -2.13 |
| BJ’s Restaurants | $1.40 billion | 0.85 | $48.81 million | $1.87 | 29.77 |
BJ’s Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Bragg Gaming Group. Bragg Gaming Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ’s Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
4.0% of Bragg Gaming Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of BJ’s Restaurants shares are held by institutional investors. 26.4% of Bragg Gaming Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of BJ’s Restaurants shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings for Bragg Gaming Group and BJ’s Restaurants, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Bragg Gaming Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| BJ’s Restaurants | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.33 |
Bragg Gaming Group presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 681.76%. BJ’s Restaurants has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.37%. Given Bragg Gaming Group’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bragg Gaming Group is more favorable than BJ’s Restaurants.
Profitability
This table compares Bragg Gaming Group and BJ’s Restaurants’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Bragg Gaming Group | -7.48% | -12.70% | -8.22% |
| BJ’s Restaurants | 3.13% | 14.47% | 5.47% |
Summary
BJ’s Restaurants beats Bragg Gaming Group on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Bragg Gaming Group
Bragg Gaming Group Inc. provides business to business online gaming technology platform and casino content aggregator worldwide. The company offers a range of games, including slot, table, card, video bingo, scratch card, and virtual sports, as well as live dealer games. It also provides player account management platform, a multi-channel and cross-product that enables operators to manage the entire product suite using one shared account and one wallet for casino, lottery, sportsbook, and other operations; and Fuze, a single integrated platform that delivers third party gaming content. In addition, the company offers turnkey and managed services; and holds various content distribution rights through partnerships with selected third-party studios. It offers its products under the Wild Streak, Spin, Atomic Slot Lab, Indigo Magic, Oryx Gaming, iCasino, and sportsbook brands. The company was formerly known as Rockies Financial Corporation and as changed its name to Bragg Gaming Group Inc. in 2018. Bragg Gaming Group Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
About BJ’s Restaurants
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants offer pizzas, craft and other beers, appetizers, entrées, pastas, sandwiches, specialty salads, and desserts under brand name Pizookie. The company was formerly known as Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. and changed its name to BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. in August 2004. BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Huntington Beach, California.
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