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$67.06 +1.91 (+2.92%)
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SPHR vs. PLNT, SGHC, LTH, MSGS, RSI, MANU, PRKS, BATRA, STRZ, and GENI

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

Sphere Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) and Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) 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 profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Planet Fitness currently has a consensus target price of $112.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.25%. Sphere Entertainment has a consensus target price of $55.13, indicating a potential downside of 17.79%. Given Planet Fitness' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Planet Fitness is more favorable than Sphere Entertainment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Planet Fitness
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.94
Sphere Entertainment
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30

Planet Fitness has higher revenue and earnings than Sphere Entertainment. Sphere 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
Planet Fitness$1.18B7.02$172.04M$2.2543.76
Sphere Entertainment$1.03B2.34-$200.65M-$5.32-12.60

Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sphere Entertainment has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Sphere Entertainment had 4 more articles in the media than Planet Fitness. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Sphere Entertainment and 10 mentions for Planet Fitness. Sphere Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Planet Fitness' score of 0.90 indicating that Sphere Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Planet Fitness
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sphere Entertainment
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Sphere Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of Sphere Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 15.11% compared to Sphere Entertainment's net margin of -14.68%. Sphere Entertainment's return on equity of -19.27% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Planet Fitness15.11% -110.18% 7.69%
Sphere Entertainment -14.68%-19.27%-9.85%

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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SPHR vs. The Competition

MetricSphere EntertainmentMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.41B$16.51B$8.36B$22.10B
Dividend YieldN/A2.88%3.03%3.55%
P/E Ratio-12.6034.2219.9633.37
Price / Sales2.343.186.4883.20
Price / Cash8.7517.5816.4224.64
Price / Book0.962.024.954.66
Net Income-$200.65M$446.53M$257.16M$1.02B
7 Day Performance14.32%2.76%2.08%2.22%
1 Month Performance13.77%-2.51%-2.25%1.79%
1 Year Performance51.26%14.17%39.90%14.02%

Sphere Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPHR
Sphere Entertainment
2.2605 of 5 stars
$67.06
+2.9%
$55.13
-17.8%
+51.3%$2.41B$1.03B-12.603,100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.4154 of 5 stars
$95.33
+1.2%
$112.50
+18.0%
+20.4%$7.94B$1.18B42.373,806Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SGHC
Super Group (SGHC)
3.8464 of 5 stars
$12.51
-2.5%
$15.40
+23.1%
+187.2%$6.46B$1.84B48.123,300
LTH
Life Time Group
3.4599 of 5 stars
$25.72
+0.1%
$36.79
+43.0%
+10.3%$5.65B$2.62B25.2243,800News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
MSGS
Madison Square Garden
2.8235 of 5 stars
$222.79
+1.8%
$258.83
+16.2%
+3.8%$5.26B$1.04B-242.171,007News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
2.1609 of 5 stars
$18.80
+8.7%
$19.78
+5.2%
+86.3%$3.95B$924.08M94.02470Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MANU
Manchester United
1.4779 of 5 stars
$18.70
+4.3%
$23.00
+23.0%
+14.0%$3.09B$862.42M-74.781,140Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
2.4757 of 5 stars
$52.27
+0.1%
$56.40
+7.9%
-6.5%$2.87B$1.73B13.9816,700
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
1.6907 of 5 stars
$42.72
-0.4%
$52.50
+22.9%
-0.1%$2.69B$662.75M-122.061,450Positive News
Analyst Forecast
STRZ
Starz Entertainment
4.3635 of 5 stars
$11.05
-0.6%
$22.00
+99.1%
N/A$2.67BN/A0.001,450
GENI
Genius Sports
2.9849 of 5 stars
$11.79
-1.2%
$14.22
+20.7%
+68.9%$2.57B$510.89M-38.022,400Analyst Revision

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