Six Flags Entertainment (FUN) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend PLNT or FUN?

Planet Fitness currently has a consensus price target of $106.63, indicating a potential downside of 6.16%. Six Flags Entertainment has a consensus price target of $45.67, indicating a potential upside of 44.72%. Given Six Flags Entertainment's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Six Flags Entertainment is more favorable than Planet Fitness.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Planet Fitness	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
Six Flags Entertainment	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk & volatility, PLNT or FUN?

Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PLNT or FUN?

95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PLNT or FUN more profitable?

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.84% compared to Six Flags Entertainment's net margin of -11.30%. Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity of 0.66% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Planet Fitness	14.84%	-88.70%	7.44%
Six Flags Entertainment	-11.30%	0.66%	0.12%

Does the media prefer PLNT or FUN?

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 1 more articles in the media than Six Flags Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Planet Fitness and 8 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Six Flags Entertainment's score of 0.20 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Six Flags Entertainment	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PLNT or FUN?

Planet Fitness has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Six Flags Entertainment. Six Flags Entertainment 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	8.10	$172.04M	$2.12	53.60
Six Flags Entertainment	$2.71B	1.18	-$231.16M	-$2.78	-11.35

Summary

Planet Fitness beats Six Flags Entertainment on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.