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Six Flags Entertainment (FUN) Competitors

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FUN vs. PLNT, SGHC, LTH, MSGS, RSI, STRZ, BATRA, PRKS, MANU, and GENI

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

Six Flags Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

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

64.7% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 4 more articles in the media than Six Flags Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Planet Fitness and 6 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Six Flags Entertainment's score of 0.91 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Six Flags Entertainment
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Planet Fitness
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 15.11% compared to Six Flags Entertainment's net margin of -14.92%. Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity of -1.00% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Six Flags Entertainment-14.92% -1.00% -0.22%
Planet Fitness 15.11%-110.18%7.69%

Six Flags Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $36.36, suggesting a potential upside of 62.47%. Planet Fitness has a consensus price target of $108.64, suggesting a potential upside of 9.33%. Given Six Flags Entertainment's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Six Flags Entertainment is more favorable than Planet Fitness.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Six Flags Entertainment
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Planet Fitness
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Planet Fitness has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Six Flags Entertainment$2.71B0.84-$231.16M-$4.85-4.61
Planet Fitness$1.18B7.08$172.04M$2.2544.17

Summary

Planet Fitness beats Six Flags Entertainment on 12 of the 16 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 FUN 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 NYSE 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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FUN vs. The Competition

MetricSix Flags EntertainmentLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.17B$8.81B$8.47B$21.71B
Dividend YieldN/A2.24%2.99%3.52%
P/E Ratio-4.6118.3018.6829.86
Price / Sales0.848.026.0961.59
Price / Cash4.8811.2617.0624.72
Price / Book1.103.645.034.59
Net Income-$231.16M$324.95M$256.68M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-7.03%-1.83%0.81%0.99%
1 Month Performance-14.21%-2.50%4.40%2.77%
1 Year Performance-45.83%-2.11%51.96%15.20%

Six Flags Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FUN
Six Flags Entertainment
4.3767 of 5 stars
$22.38
+4.6%
$36.36
+62.5%
-48.4%$2.17B$2.71B-4.6198,000
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.0445 of 5 stars
$100.37
-1.4%
$108.64
+8.2%
+20.9%$8.45B$1.18B44.613,806Positive News
SGHC
Super Group (SGHC)
4.1923 of 5 stars
$12.72
+0.6%
$14.22
+11.8%
+256.8%$6.40B$1.84B48.923,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
LTH
Life Time Group
3.4028 of 5 stars
$28.23
-1.2%
$35.92
+27.2%
+13.4%$6.21B$2.62B27.6843,800Positive News
MSGS
Madison Square Garden
3.2498 of 5 stars
$211.15
-0.9%
$258.83
+22.6%
+4.1%$5.07B$1.04B-229.511,007Positive News
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
2.182 of 5 stars
$21.12
-0.2%
$18.33
-13.2%
+117.3%$4.83B$924.08M105.60470
STRZ
Starz Entertainment
3.9081 of 5 stars
$14.95
+7.4%
$22.00
+47.2%
N/A$3.60BN/A0.001,450
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
1.3182 of 5 stars
$45.26
-0.8%
$52.50
+16.0%
+5.2%$2.84B$702.44M-129.311,450
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
2.8414 of 5 stars
$51.47
+1.6%
$57.73
+12.2%
-2.0%$2.83B$1.71B13.7616,700Positive News
MANU
Manchester United
1.4356 of 5 stars
$16.10
-1.9%
$23.00
+42.9%
-4.8%$2.73B$833.39M-32.861,140Earnings Report
GENI
Genius Sports
2.6616 of 5 stars
$12.45
-0.3%
$14.22
+14.3%
+63.5%$2.68B$510.89M-40.152,400

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