BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI – Get Free Report) and Bragg Gaming Group (NASDAQ:BRAG – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
Risk and Volatility
BJ’s Restaurants has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bragg Gaming Group has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for BJ’s Restaurants and Bragg Gaming Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BJ’s Restaurants | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Bragg Gaming Group | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
BJ’s Restaurants presently has a consensus price target of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.33%. Bragg Gaming Group has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 751.06%. Given Bragg Gaming Group’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bragg Gaming Group is more favorable than BJ’s Restaurants.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
100.0% of BJ’s Restaurants shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Bragg Gaming Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of BJ’s Restaurants shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 26.4% of Bragg Gaming Group shares are owned by company 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.
Profitability
This table compares BJ’s Restaurants and Bragg Gaming Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BJ’s Restaurants | 2.86% | 12.93% | 4.79% |
| Bragg Gaming Group | -7.48% | -12.70% | -8.22% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares BJ’s Restaurants and Bragg Gaming Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BJ’s Restaurants | $1.40 billion | 0.85 | $48.81 million | $2.09 | 26.89 |
| Bragg Gaming Group | $119.98 million | 0.18 | -$9.18 million | ($0.36) | -1.96 |
BJ’s Restaurants has higher revenue and earnings than Bragg Gaming Group. Bragg Gaming Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ’s Restaurants, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BJ’s Restaurants beats Bragg Gaming Group on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BJ’s Restaurants
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants offer pizzas, craft and other beers, appetizers, entrées, pastas, sandwiches, specialty salads, and desserts under brand name Pizookie. The company was formerly known as Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. and changed its name to BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. in August 2004. BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Huntington Beach, California.
About Bragg Gaming Group
Bragg Gaming Group Inc. provides business to business online gaming technology platform and casino content aggregator worldwide. The company offers a range of games, including slot, table, card, video bingo, scratch card, and virtual sports, as well as live dealer games. It also provides player account management platform, a multi-channel and cross-product that enables operators to manage the entire product suite using one shared account and one wallet for casino, lottery, sportsbook, and other operations; and Fuze, a single integrated platform that delivers third party gaming content. In addition, the company offers turnkey and managed services; and holds various content distribution rights through partnerships with selected third-party studios. It offers its products under the Wild Streak, Spin, Atomic Slot Lab, Indigo Magic, Oryx Gaming, iCasino, and sportsbook brands. The company was formerly known as Rockies Financial Corporation and as changed its name to Bragg Gaming Group Inc. in 2018. Bragg Gaming Group Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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