Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI – Get Free Report) and Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
24.8% of Rush Street Interactive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Accel Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.9% of Rush Street Interactive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Accel Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Rush Street Interactive and Accel Entertainment, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Rush Street Interactive | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2.75 |
| Accel Entertainment | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
Rush Street Interactive currently has a consensus target price of $26.46, indicating a potential upside of 115.92%. Accel Entertainment has a consensus target price of $14.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.83%. Given Rush Street Interactive’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rush Street Interactive is more favorable than Accel Entertainment.
Profitability
This table compares Rush Street Interactive and Accel Entertainment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Rush Street Interactive | 2.56% | 24.46% | 10.94% |
| Accel Entertainment | 4.49% | 22.62% | 5.82% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Rush Street Interactive and Accel Entertainment”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Rush Street Interactive | $1.13 billion | 2.49 | $33.31 million | $0.33 | 37.14 |
| Accel Entertainment | $1.33 billion | 0.84 | $51.47 million | $0.76 | 18.06 |
Accel Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Rush Street Interactive. Accel Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Street Interactive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility and Risk
Rush Street Interactive has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Accel Entertainment has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Rush Street Interactive beats Accel Entertainment on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Rush Street Interactive
Rush Street Interactive, Inc. operates as an online casino and sports betting company in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and rest of Latin America. It provides real-money online casino, online and retail sports betting, and social gaming services. In addition, the company offers full suite of games comprising of bricks-and-mortar casinos, table games, and slot machines. The company markets its online casino and sports betting under BetRivers, PlaySugarHouse, and RushBet brands. Rush Street Interactive, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
About Accel Entertainment
Accel Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a distributed gaming operator in the United States. It is involved in the installation, maintenance, and operation of gaming terminals; redemption devices that disburse winnings and contain automated teller machine (ATM) functionality; and other amusement devices in authorized non-casino locations, such as restaurants, bars, taverns, convenience stores, liquor stores, truck stops, and grocery stores. The company also provides gaming solutions to the location partners. In addition, it operates stand-alone ATMs in gaming and non-gaming locations, as well as amusement devices, including jukeboxes, dartboards, pool tables, and other related entertainment equipment. The company is headquartered in Burr Ridge, Illinois.
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