Comparing Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) & Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY)

Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) and Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Caesars Entertainment and Avolta, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	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 presently has a consensus target price of $33.27, suggesting a potential upside of 14.40%. Given Caesars Entertainment’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Caesars Entertainment is more favorable than Avolta.

Institutional & 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Caesars Entertainment has a beta of 1.77, suggesting that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avolta has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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	0.52	-$502.00 million	($2.37)	-12.27
Avolta	$16.60 billion	0.52	$240.19 million	N/A	N/A

Avolta has higher revenue and earnings than Caesars Entertainment.

Summary

Avolta beats Caesars Entertainment on 8 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.