Pinstripes (NYSE:PNST) and Simplicity Esports and Gaming (OTCMKTS:WINR) Head-To-Head Review

Pinstripes (NYSE:PNST) and Simplicity Esports and Gaming (OTCMKTS:WINR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Risk and Volatility

Pinstripes has a beta of -0.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Simplicity Esports and Gaming has a beta of -0.55, indicating that its stock price is 155% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Pinstripes and Simplicity Esports and Gaming’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pinstripes	N/A	N/A	N/A
Simplicity Esports and Gaming	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Pinstripes and Simplicity Esports and Gaming, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pinstripes	0	0	3	0	3.00
Simplicity Esports and Gaming	0	0	0	0	0.00

Pinstripes currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 485.94%. Given Pinstripes’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Pinstripes is more favorable than Simplicity Esports and Gaming.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Pinstripes and Simplicity Esports and Gaming”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pinstripes	$118.72 million	0.26	-$6.79 million	N/A	N/A
Simplicity Esports and Gaming	$3.55 million	0.00	-$17.55 million	N/A	N/A

Pinstripes has higher revenue and earnings than Simplicity Esports and Gaming.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

56.8% of Pinstripes shares are held by institutional investors. 32.4% of Pinstripes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Simplicity Esports and Gaming shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Pinstripes beats Simplicity Esports and Gaming on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pinstripes

Pinstripes Holdings Inc. operates a dining and entertainment concept restaurants. The company provides Italian-American food and beverage menu with bowling, bocce, and event space. It also offers private event options and catering services. The company is based in Northbrook, Illinois.

About Simplicity Esports and Gaming

Simplicity Esports and Gaming Company operates as an esports company in the United States and Brazil. It owns and manages professional esports teams, such as Flamengo Esports, one of the top League of Legends team in Latin America. It holds online, play-at-home esports tournaments, allowing gamers to compete for cash and prizes from the comfort of their homes. It also collects and royalty from over 40 esports gaming centers, owned by franchisees. The centers blend the latest high performance gaming PCs and consoles for casual and competitive gaming, sales of gaming related merchandise and equipment, and organized grassroots leagues and tournaments.