LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ (LGF.A) Competitors

Life Time Group (NYSE:LTH) and LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ (NYSE:LGF.A) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is LTH or LGF.A more profitable?

Life Time Group has a net margin of 5.67% compared to LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/'s net margin of 0.00%. Life Time Group's return on equity of 6.42% beat LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Life Time Group	5.67%	6.42%	2.14%
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LTH or LGF.A?

Life Time Group received 35 more outperform votes than LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ an outperform vote while only 39.36% of users gave Life Time Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Life Time Group	Outperform Votes 37 39.36%	Underperform Votes 57 60.64%
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LTH or LGF.A?

Life Time Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/. LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life Time Group, 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
Life Time Group	$2.73B	2.33	$76.06M	$0.96	30.17
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/	$3.87B	0.53	-$298.20M	-$1.24	-6.93

Does the media prefer LTH or LGF.A?

In the previous week, Life Time Group had 10 more articles in the media than LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Life Time Group and 1 mentions for LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/. Life Time Group's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/'s score of 1.15 indicating that Life Time Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Life Time Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LTH or LGF.A?

79.4% of Life Time Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Life Time Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, LTH or LGF.A?

Life Time Group has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LTH or LGF.A?

Life Time Group presently has a consensus target price of $35.92, indicating a potential upside of 24.04%. Given Life Time Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Life Time Group is more favorable than LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Life Time Group	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Life Time Group beats LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP /CN/ on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.