Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR – Get Free Report) and Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Caesars Entertainment and Avolta”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Caesars Entertainment | $11.49 billion | 0.50 | -$502.00 million | ($2.37) | -12.01 |
| Avolta | $16.60 billion | 0.50 | $240.19 million | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Caesars Entertainment and Avolta, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Caesars Entertainment | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2.47 |
| Avolta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
Caesars Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $33.27, indicating a potential upside of 16.85%. Given Caesars Entertainment’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Avolta.
Profitability
This table compares Caesars Entertainment and Avolta’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Caesars Entertainment | -4.19% | -7.88% | -0.95% |
| Avolta | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
91.8% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Caesars Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Volatility and Risk
Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avolta has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Avolta beats Caesars Entertainment on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Caesars Entertainment
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. operates as a gaming and hospitality company. The company owns, leases, or manages domestic properties in 18 states with slot machines, video lottery terminals and e-tables, and hotel rooms, as well as table games, including poker. It also operates and conducts retail and online sports wagering across 31 jurisdictions in North America and operates iGaming in five jurisdictions in North America; sports betting from our retail and online sportsbooks; and other games, such as keno. In addition, the company operates dining venues, bars, nightclubs, lounges, hotels, and entertainment venues; and provides staffing and management services. Caesars Entertainment, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is based in Reno, Nevada.
About Avolta
Avolta AG operates as a travel retailer. The company’s retail brands include general travel retail shops under the Dufry, World Duty Free, Nuance, Hellenic Duty Free, Zurich Duty-Free or Stockholm Duty-Free, Autogrill, and HMSHost brands; Dufry shopping stores; brand boutiques; convenience stores primarily under the Hudson brand; and specialized shops and theme stores. It offers perfumes and cosmetics, food and confectionery, wines and spirits, watches and jewelry, fashion and leather, tobacco goods, souvenirs, electronics, soft drinks, packaged food, travel accessories, personal items, sunglasses, destination, and other products, as well as newspapers, magazines, and books. It operates duty-free and duty-paid shops located at airports, border, downtown and hotel shops, railway stations and other, cruise liners and ferries, seaports, and motorways in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as Dufry AG and changed its name to Avolta AG in November 2023. Avolta AG was incorporated in 1865 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.
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