Contrasting Canterbury Park (CPHC) and Its Rivals

Canterbury Park (NASDAQ:CPHC) is one of 382 publicly-traded companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Canterbury Park to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

76.4% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by institutional investors. 23.7% of Canterbury Park shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Canterbury Park and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canterbury Park	1	0	0	0	1.00
Canterbury Park Competitors	3795	17221	25499	901	2.50

As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 57.24%. Given Canterbury Park’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canterbury Park has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Canterbury Park and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canterbury Park	0.20%	0.14%	0.10%
Canterbury Park Competitors	2.32%	-40.06%	2.12%

Risk and Volatility

Canterbury Park has a beta of -0.4, meaning that its stock price is 140% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canterbury Park’s competitors have a beta of 1.41, meaning that their average stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Canterbury Park pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Canterbury Park pays out 1,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.2% and pay out 37.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Canterbury Park lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Canterbury Park and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canterbury Park	$59.57 million	-$530,000.00	782.45
Canterbury Park Competitors	$3.31 billion	$250.20 million	-154.46

Canterbury Park’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Canterbury Park. Canterbury Park is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Canterbury Park competitors beat Canterbury Park on 11 of the 15 factors compared.

Canterbury Park Company Profile

Canterbury Park Holding Corp. engages in hosting and managing pari mutuel wagering activities. It operates through the following business segments: Horse Racing, Card Casino, Food & Beverage and Development. The Horse Racing segment includes simulcast and live horse racing operations. The Card Casino segment holds unbanked card games, poker and table games. The Food and Beverage segment consists of concession stands, restaurant and buffet, bars, and other food venues. The Development segment owns land for racetrack operations. Canterbury Park Holding was founded by Curtis A. Samson, Randall D. Sampson, and Dale H. Schenian on March 24, 1994 and is headquartered in Shakopee, MN.