Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL – Get Free Report) and Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Accel Entertainment and Corsair Gaming, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Accel Entertainment | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Corsair Gaming | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.38 |
Accel Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $15.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.78%. Corsair Gaming has a consensus price target of $9.29, suggesting a potential upside of 67.61%. Given Corsair Gaming’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Corsair Gaming is more favorable than Accel Entertainment.
Risk and Volatility
Institutional & Insider Ownership
55.4% of Accel Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.7% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Accel Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 58.4% of Corsair Gaming shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Accel Entertainment and Corsair Gaming’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Accel Entertainment | 3.34% | 27.51% | 6.76% |
| Corsair Gaming | -2.46% | 3.37% | 1.66% |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Accel Entertainment and Corsair Gaming”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Accel Entertainment | $1.23 billion | 0.68 | $35.25 million | $0.50 | 20.03 |
| Corsair Gaming | $1.32 billion | 0.45 | -$99.18 million | ($0.34) | -16.29 |
Accel Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Corsair Gaming. Corsair Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Accel Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Accel Entertainment beats Corsair Gaming on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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