Atlanta Braves (BATRA) Competitors

Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) and Atlanta Braves (NASDAQ:BATRA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness has higher revenue and earnings than Atlanta Braves. Atlanta Braves is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Planet Fitness, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Planet Fitness	$1.21B	7.19	$138.31M	$2.12	48.75
Atlanta Braves	$672.88M	4.10	-$125.29M	-$0.35	-127.26

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness received 501 more outperform votes than Atlanta Braves when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.77% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Atlanta Braves an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Planet Fitness	Outperform Votes 616 73.77%	Underperform Votes 219 26.23%
Atlanta Braves	Outperform Votes 115 62.50%	Underperform Votes 69 37.50%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PLNT or BATRA?

95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Atlanta Braves shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Atlanta Braves shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlanta Braves has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PLNT or BATRA more profitable?

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Atlanta Braves' net margin of -6.56%. Atlanta Braves' return on equity of -8.48% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Planet Fitness	14.23%	-107.97%	7.25%
Atlanta Braves	-6.56%	-8.48%	-2.85%

Do analysts prefer PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness currently has a consensus price target of $103.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.33%. Atlanta Braves has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.71%. Given Atlanta Braves' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atlanta Braves is more favorable than Planet Fitness.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Planet Fitness	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Atlanta Braves	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to PLNT or BATRA?

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 1 more articles in the media than Atlanta Braves. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Planet Fitness and 10 mentions for Atlanta Braves. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Atlanta Braves' score of 0.31 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Planet Fitness	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atlanta Braves	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Planet Fitness beats Atlanta Braves on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.