PLNT vs. LTH, OSW, TTWO, ONON, RBLX, LYV, WBD, CCL, RCI, and K
Should you be buying Planet Fitness stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Planet Fitness include Life Time Group (LTH), OneSpaWorld (OSW), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), ON (ONON), Roblox (RBLX), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Rogers Communications (RCI), and Kellanova (K).
Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) and Life Time Group (NYSE:LTH) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Planet Fitness has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Life Time Group. Planet Fitness 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.
In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 6 more articles in the media than Life Time Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Planet Fitness and 9 mentions for Life Time Group. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Life Time Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Life Time Group has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Planet Fitness received 574 more outperform votes than Life Time Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.78% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 27.42% of users gave Life Time Group an outperform vote.
Planet Fitness currently has a consensus price target of $77.64, suggesting a potential upside of 3.54%. Life Time Group has a consensus price target of $22.14, suggesting a potential upside of 7.28%. Given Life Time Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Life Time Group is more favorable than Planet Fitness.
95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Life Time Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Life Time Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Planet Fitness has a net margin of 13.66% compared to Life Time Group's net margin of 3.19%. Life Time Group's return on equity of 4.38% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.
Summary
Planet Fitness beats Life Time Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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