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SPHR vs. LTH, SGHC, MSGS, RSI, FUN, BATRA, MANU, PRKS, GENI, and BATRK

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

Sphere Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

Life Time Group (NYSE:LTH) and Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

79.4% of Life Time Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Sphere Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of Life Time Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of Sphere Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Life Time Group presently has a consensus target price of $35.92, indicating a potential upside of 22.92%. Sphere Entertainment has a consensus target price of $48.70, indicating a potential upside of 11.85%. Given Life Time Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Life Time Group is more favorable than Sphere Entertainment.

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
Sphere Entertainment
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Life Time Group has a net margin of 7.60% compared to Sphere Entertainment's net margin of -33.00%. Life Time Group's return on equity of 8.29% beat Sphere Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Life Time Group7.60% 8.29% 2.96%
Sphere Entertainment -33.00%-16.78%-8.34%

Life Time Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sphere Entertainment. Sphere Entertainment 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Life Time Group$2.62B2.45$156.24M$0.9630.44
Sphere Entertainment$1.03B1.52-$200.65M-$10.02-4.35

Life Time Group has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sphere Entertainment has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Life Time Group had 6 more articles in the media than Sphere Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Life Time Group and 2 mentions for Sphere Entertainment. Sphere Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Life Time Group's score of 1.28 indicating that Sphere Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Life Time Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sphere Entertainment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Life Time Group beats Sphere Entertainment on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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$1.62B$17.03B$8.33B$21.11B
Dividend YieldN/A2.53%3.10%3.60%
P/E Ratio-4.3541.4821.4628.44
Price / Sales1.522.504.6358.65
Price / Cash5.8717.6516.6522.92
Price / Book0.622.034.864.69
Net Income-$200.65M-$285.69M$215.28M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-5.83%1.24%2.27%1.65%
1 Month Performance4.26%9.87%44.30%4.54%
1 Year Performance1.07%42.40%16.08%9.99%

Sphere Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPHR
Sphere Entertainment
3.1477 of 5 stars
$43.54
-3.6%
$48.70
+11.8%
+1.6%$1.62B$1.03B-4.353,100
LTH
Life Time Group
2.6683 of 5 stars
$29.00
-4.5%
$35.92
+23.9%
+41.7%$6.36B$2.62B30.2043,800Positive News
SGHC
Super Group (SGHC)
3.8492 of 5 stars
$11.50
-1.3%
$13.13
+14.2%
+194.3%$5.79B$1.84B42.583,300
MSGS
Madison Square Garden
2.7193 of 5 stars
$204.93
-1.7%
$252.60
+23.3%
+2.0%$4.92B$1.03B975.89890Positive News
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
2.0188 of 5 stars
$14.55
+0.3%
$15.89
+9.2%
+49.8%$3.33B$924.08M181.90470Upcoming Earnings
FUN
Six Flags Entertainment
4.6545 of 5 stars
$30.91
+0.5%
$45.67
+47.7%
-32.2%$3.13B$2.71B-11.1298,000News Coverage
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
0.9532 of 5 stars
$49.64
-0.2%
$52.50
+5.8%
+9.1%$3.07B$662.75M-141.821,450
MANU
Manchester United
2.1813 of 5 stars
$17.65
-0.1%
$20.75
+17.6%
+2.2%$2.99B$833.39M-36.011,140
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
2.5497 of 5 stars
$48.58
+1.3%
$57.38
+18.1%
-6.7%$2.67B$1.71B12.9516,700
GENI
Genius Sports
2.4153 of 5 stars
$11.07
-2.7%
$12.63
+14.2%
+61.2%$2.38B$510.89M-58.242,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BATRK
Atlanta Braves
3.3429 of 5 stars
$46.36
-0.5%
$57.00
+23.0%
+6.7%$2.38B$662.75M-132.451,240News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SPHR) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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