Playtech (OTCMKTS:PYTCF – Get Free Report) and Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
29.1% of Playtech shares are held by institutional investors. 85.0% of Sportradar Group 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.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Playtech and Sportradar Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Playtech | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Sportradar Group | 1 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2.62 |
Profitability
This table compares Playtech and Sportradar Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Playtech | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Sportradar Group | 1.23% | 1.89% | 0.65% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Playtech and Sportradar Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Playtech | N/A | N/A | N/A | $0.51 | 10.41 |
| Sportradar Group | $1.46 billion | 2.69 | $113.50 million | $0.06 | 218.50 |
Sportradar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Playtech. Playtech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sportradar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sportradar Group beats Playtech on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Playtech
Playtech plc, a technology company, provides gambling software, services, content, and platform technologies worldwide. The company offers technologies across various product verticals, including live casino, sports, bingo, virtual sports, and poker. It also owns the intellectual property rights and licenses the software; provides digital marketing and advertising, consulting and online technical support, data mining processing, turnkey, live game, and video stream services; and operates betting shops. In addition, the company designs, develops, and sells software. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Douglas, the Isle of Man.
About Sportradar Group
Sportradar Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides sports data services for the sports betting and media industries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Malta, Switzerland, and internationally. Its sports data services to the bookmaking under the Betradar brand name, and to the international media industry under the Sportradar Media Services brand name. The company offers mission-critical software, data, and content to sports leagues and federations, betting operators, and media companies. It also provides sports entertainment, gaming, and sports solutions, as well as live streaming solution for online, mobile, and retail sports betting. In addition, its software solutions address the entire sports betting value chain from traffic generation and advertising technology to the collection, processing, and extrapolation of data and odds, as well as to visualization solutions, risk management, and platform services. Sportradar Group AG was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
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