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IQ vs. PLNT, LTH, SGHC, RSI, MSGS, BATRA, MANU, PRKS, BATRK, and GENI

Should you be buying iQIYI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iQIYI include Planet Fitness (PLNT), Life Time Group (LTH), Super Group (SGHC) (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Madison Square Garden (MSGS), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Manchester United (MANU), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Atlanta Braves (BATRK), and Genius Sports (GENI). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

iQIYI vs. Its Competitors

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

52.7% of iQIYI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of iQIYI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are owned 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.

iQIYI currently has a consensus target price of $2.51, indicating a potential downside of 4.23%. Planet Fitness has a consensus target price of $107.38, indicating a potential upside of 2.13%. Given Planet Fitness' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Planet Fitness is more favorable than iQIYI.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
iQIYI
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Planet Fitness
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 15.11% compared to iQIYI's net margin of 0.32%. iQIYI's return on equity of 2.26% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
iQIYI0.32% 2.26% 0.66%
Planet Fitness 15.11%-110.18%7.69%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
iQIYI$4.00B0.63$104.68M$0.01262.50
Planet Fitness$1.25B7.08$172.04M$2.2546.73

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 3 more articles in the media than iQIYI. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Planet Fitness and 7 mentions for iQIYI. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat iQIYI's score of 0.65 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
iQIYI
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Planet Fitness
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

iQIYI has a beta of -0.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Planet Fitness beats iQIYI on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IQ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IQ vs. The Competition

MetriciQIYIINTERNET SERVICES IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.53B$113.00B$29.59B$9.72B
Dividend YieldN/A1.89%3.06%4.03%
P/E Ratio262.7637.8555.4726.36
Price / Sales0.6310.601,109.71153.81
Price / Cash1.9125.1035.9559.36
Price / Book1.353.039.406.58
Net Income$104.68M$4.40B$805.41M$265.47M
7 Day Performance6.71%-1.63%0.48%0.04%
1 Month Performance38.89%4.58%1.39%1.98%
1 Year Performance17.19%37.49%24,147.07%21.29%

iQIYI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IQ
iQIYI
1.7962 of 5 stars
$2.63
+4.6%
$2.51
-4.2%
+15.7%$2.53B$4.00B262.764,673
PLNT
Planet Fitness
3.9359 of 5 stars
$104.96
-2.4%
$107.38
+2.3%
+30.9%$8.84B$1.18B46.653,806Positive News
LTH
Life Time Group
3.6161 of 5 stars
$28.30
-2.7%
$35.92
+26.9%
+17.8%$6.23B$2.62B27.7543,800Positive News
Insider Trade
SGHC
Super Group (SGHC)
4.08 of 5 stars
$11.91
-2.0%
$13.88
+16.5%
+260.1%$6.00B$1.84B44.113,300News Coverage
Positive News
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
3.1863 of 5 stars
$20.95
-0.1%
$17.89
-14.6%
+150.1%$4.79B$924.08M104.75470Positive News
MSGS
Madison Square Garden
3.6662 of 5 stars
$198.84
+0.1%
$253.60
+27.5%
-6.0%$4.77B$1.04B-216.131,007Positive News
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
1.4721 of 5 stars
$47.30
-0.7%
$52.50
+11.0%
+2.7%$2.97B$702.44M-135.141,450Positive News
MANU
Manchester United
1.5128 of 5 stars
$17.25
-1.5%
$23.00
+33.3%
-0.1%$2.92B$833.39M-35.201,140
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
3.649 of 5 stars
$52.71
-1.4%
$56.91
+8.0%
+6.1%$2.90B$1.73B14.0916,700News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
BATRK
Atlanta Braves
3.7322 of 5 stars
$44.53
-1.0%
$57.00
+28.0%
+2.2%$2.79B$662.75M-127.231,240News Coverage
Positive News
GENI
Genius Sports
2.7607 of 5 stars
$12.95
+0.5%
$14.00
+8.1%
+68.8%$2.79B$510.89M-41.772,400

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This page (NASDAQ:IQ) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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