Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI – Get Rating) and Archon (OTCMKTS:ARHN – Get Rating) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Rush Street Interactive and Archon, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Rush Street Interactive | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.83 |
| Archon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Rush Street Interactive currently has a consensus target price of $7.03, suggesting a potential upside of 125.36%. Given Rush Street Interactive’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rush Street Interactive is more favorable than Archon.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Rush Street Interactive | -5.03% | -23.64% | -14.23% |
| Archon | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Volatility & Risk
Rush Street Interactive has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archon has a beta of -0.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Rush Street Interactive and Archon’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Rush Street Interactive | $592.21 million | 1.16 | -$38.63 million | ($0.48) | -6.50 |
| Archon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Archon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rush Street Interactive.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
77.1% of Rush Street Interactive shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.0% of Rush Street Interactive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 80.0% of Archon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Rush Street Interactive beats Archon on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Rush Street Interactive
Rush Street Interactive, Inc. operates as an online casino and sports betting company in the United States and Latin America. It provides real-money online casino, online and retail sports betting, and social gaming services. In addition, the company offers full suite of games comprising of bricks-and-mortar casinos, table games, and slot machines. The company markets its online casino and sports betting under BetRivers.com, PlaySugarHouse.com, and RushBet.co brands. Rush Street Interactive, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
About Archon
Archon Corp. engages in the operation of casinos and hotels. The firm is also involved in leasing commercial real estate properties. The company was founded in September 1993 and is headquartered in Laughlin, NV.
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