Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN – Get Free Report) and Allied Gaming & Entertainment (NASDAQ:AGAE – 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 analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Cedar Fair and Allied Gaming & Entertainment, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cedar Fair | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2.79 |
| Allied Gaming & Entertainment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Cedar Fair presently has a consensus target price of $56.21, suggesting a potential upside of 31.25%. Given Cedar Fair’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cedar Fair is more favorable than Allied Gaming & Entertainment.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cedar Fair | 0.99% | 113.05% | 2.41% |
| Allied Gaming & Entertainment | -114.68% | -7.13% | -5.27% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.2% of Allied Gaming & Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cedar Fair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.4% of Allied Gaming & Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Cedar Fair and Allied Gaming & Entertainment”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cedar Fair | $1.80 billion | 2.39 | $124.56 million | ($0.64) | -66.92 |
| Allied Gaming & Entertainment | $7.66 million | 5.51 | -$3.60 million | ($0.27) | -3.54 |
Cedar Fair has higher revenue and earnings than Allied Gaming & Entertainment. Cedar Fair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allied Gaming & Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Cedar Fair has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allied Gaming & Entertainment has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cedar Fair beats Allied Gaming & Entertainment on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cedar Fair
Cedar Fair, L.P. owns and operates amusement and water parks, as well as complementary resort facilities. Its amusement parks include Cedar Point located on Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo in Sandusky, Ohio; Knott's Berry Farm near Los Angeles, California; Canada's Wonderland near Toronto, Ontario; Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio; Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina; Kings Dominion situated near Richmond, Virginia; California's Great America located in Santa Clara, California; Dorney Park in Pennsylvania; Worlds of Fun located in Kansas City, Missouri; Valleyfair situated near Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Michigan's Adventure situated near Muskegon, Michigan; Schlitterbahn Waterpark & Resort New Braunfels in New Braunfels, Texas; and Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston in Galveston, Texas. The company also owns and operates the Castaway Bay Indoor Waterpark Resort, Hotel Breakers, Cedar Point's Express Hotel, and Sawmill Creek Resort. Cedar Fair, L.P. was founded in 1983 and is based in Sandusky, Ohio.
About Allied Gaming & Entertainment
Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. operates as an experiential entertainment company, which engages in the creation of esports venues and live events for both video games and poker. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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