Peloton Interactive (PTON) Competitors

Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) and Acushnet (NYSE:GOLF) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.

Is PTON or GOLF more profitable?

Acushnet has a net margin of 7.78% compared to Peloton Interactive's net margin of -11.09%. Acushnet's return on equity of 21.45% beat Peloton Interactive's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peloton Interactive	-11.09%	N/A	-13.12%
Acushnet	7.78%	21.45%	8.52%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PTON or GOLF?

77.0% of Peloton Interactive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Acushnet shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Peloton Interactive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 53.6% of Acushnet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate PTON or GOLF?

Peloton Interactive presently has a consensus price target of $8.30, suggesting a potential upside of 8.78%. Acushnet has a consensus price target of $70.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.32%. Given Peloton Interactive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Peloton Interactive is more favorable than Acushnet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peloton Interactive	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35
Acushnet	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PTON or GOLF?

Peloton Interactive received 3 more outperform votes than Acushnet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.72% of users gave Peloton Interactive an outperform vote while only 52.33% of users gave Acushnet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Peloton Interactive	Outperform Votes 284 54.72%	Underperform Votes 235 45.28%
Acushnet	Outperform Votes 281 52.33%	Underperform Votes 256 47.67%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PTON or GOLF?

Acushnet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Peloton Interactive. Peloton Interactive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acushnet, 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
Peloton Interactive	$2.53B	1.18	-$551.90M	-$0.44	-17.34
Acushnet	$2.45B	1.75	$198.43M	$3.60	20.32

Does the media prefer PTON or GOLF?

In the previous week, Peloton Interactive had 19 more articles in the media than Acushnet. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Peloton Interactive and 2 mentions for Acushnet. Acushnet's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Peloton Interactive's score of 0.39 indicating that Acushnet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Peloton Interactive	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Acushnet	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, PTON or GOLF?

Peloton Interactive has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acushnet has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Peloton Interactive and Acushnet tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.