Head-to-head comparison: Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL) and Bowlero (NYSE:BOWL)
Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL – Get a rating) and Bowlero (NYSE: BOL – Get a rating) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We’ll compare the two companies based on their dividend strength, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, and analyst recommendations.
Institutional and insider ownership
48.3% of Accel Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 18.8% of Accel Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership indicates that hedge funds, large fund managers, and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Notes
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommendations for Accel Entertainment and Bowlero, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sales Ratings | Hold odds | Buy reviews | Strong buy odds | Rating | |
| Accel Entertainment | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 |
| bowler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Accel Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $16.38, indicating a potential upside of 51.20%. Bowlero has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.70%. Given Accel Entertainment’s likely higher upside, research analysts clearly believe that Accel Entertainment is more favorable than Bowlero.
Profitability
This table compares the net margins, return on equity and return on assets of Accel Entertainment and Bowlero.
| Net margins | Return on equity | return on assets | |
| Accel Entertainment | 5.84% | 48.62% | 12.77% |
| bowler | N / A | -13.95% | 0.84% |
Benefits and evaluation
This chart compares revenue, earnings per share, and valuation of Accel Entertainment and Bowlero.
| Gross revenue | Price/sales ratio | Net revenue | Earnings per share | Price/earnings ratio | |
| Accel Entertainment | $734.71 million | 1.36 | $31.56 million | $0.48 | 22.56 |
| bowler | N / A | N / A | $2.80 million | N / A | N / A |
Accel Entertainment has higher revenue and profit than Bowlero.
Summary
Accel Entertainment beats Bowlero on 9 out of 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Accel Entertainment (Get a rating)
Accel Entertainment, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a distributed games operator in the United States. It is involved in the installation, maintenance and operation of gaming terminals; redemption devices that pay out winnings and contain automated teller machine (ATM) functionality; and other amusement devices in licensed locations other than casinos, such as restaurants, bars, taverns, convenience stores, liquor stores, truck stops, and grocery stores. The company also provides licensed establishment partner gaming solutions that attract players who frequent these businesses. In addition, it operates stand-alone ATMs in gaming and other venues, as well as amusement devices, including jukeboxes, darts, pool tables, pinball machines and other related amusement equipment. . As of December 31, 2021, the company operated 13,639 video game terminals at 2,584 locations in Illinois. Accel Entertainment, Inc. is headquartered in Burr Ridge, Illinois.
About Bowlero (Get a rating)
Bowlero Corp. operates bowling entertainment centers. As of December 26, 2021, it operated approximately 317 centers in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Mechanicsville, Virginia.
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