OneSpaWorld (OSW) Competitors

Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) and OneSpaWorld (NASDAQ:OSW) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Is PLNT or OSW more profitable?

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 15.11% compared to OneSpaWorld's net margin of 7.74%. OneSpaWorld's return on equity of 15.93% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Planet Fitness	15.11%	-110.18%	7.69%
OneSpaWorld	7.74%	15.93%	11.85%

Do analysts prefer PLNT or OSW?

Planet Fitness presently has a consensus price target of $111.54, indicating a potential upside of 17.70%. OneSpaWorld has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.52%. Given Planet Fitness' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Planet Fitness is more favorable than OneSpaWorld.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Planet Fitness	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
OneSpaWorld	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PLNT or OSW?

Planet Fitness has higher revenue and earnings than OneSpaWorld. OneSpaWorld 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	$1.18B	6.76	$172.04M	$2.25	42.12
OneSpaWorld	$895.02M	2.36	$72.86M	$0.68	30.29

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PLNT or OSW?

95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of OneSpaWorld shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of OneSpaWorld shares are owned by 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, PLNT or OSW?

Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneSpaWorld has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PLNT or OSW?

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 2 more articles in the media than OneSpaWorld. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Planet Fitness and 7 mentions for OneSpaWorld. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat OneSpaWorld's score of 0.67 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OneSpaWorld	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Planet Fitness beats OneSpaWorld on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.