Churchill Downs Inc vs DRAFTKINGS INC., two Entertainment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHDN and DKNG diverge most: on operating margin, CHDN reads 36.4% and DKNG reads 0.4%; on ev/ebitda, CHDN reads 11.0 and DKNG reads 337.0. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CHDN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CHDN | DKNG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $84.28 | $23.49 |
| Market cap | $5.9B | $12.0B |
| Sector | Entertainment | Entertainment |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.8% | — |
| P/B | 4.40 | 19.82 |
| P/S | 1.97 | 1.91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.0 | 337.0 |
| Revenue growth | +5.8% | +25.3% |
| Operating margin | 36.4% | 0.4% |
| Net margin | 13.8% | 0.9% |
| Return on equity | 30.8% | 9.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.5% | 1.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.7% | 1.5% |
| FCF yield | 8.7% | 6.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 3.56 | 2.08 |
| Current ratio | 0.36 | 1.02 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.24 | 1.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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