Cedar Fair (FUN) Competitors

Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) and Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Is SIX or FUN more profitable?

Cedar Fair has a net margin of 6.96% compared to Cedar Fair's net margin of 2.73%. Cedar Fair's return on equity of -7.31% beat Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Six Flags Entertainment	2.73%	-7.31%	2.57%
Cedar Fair	6.96%	-21.06%	6.27%

Does the media prefer SIX or FUN?

In the previous week, Six Flags Entertainment had 6 more articles in the media than Cedar Fair. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment and 8 mentions for Cedar Fair. Cedar Fair's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Six Flags Entertainment's score of 0.40 indicating that Six Flags Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Six Flags Entertainment	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cedar Fair	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SIX or FUN?

Cedar Fair has higher revenue and earnings than Six Flags Entertainment. Cedar Fair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Six Flags Entertainment, 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
Six Flags Entertainment	$1.43B	1.41	$39M	$0.46	52.09
Cedar Fair	$1.80B	1.10	$124.56M	$2.45	15.77

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SIX or FUN?

98.0% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SIX or FUN?

Six Flags Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $28.31, indicating a potential upside of 18.15%. Cedar Fair has a consensus target price of $50.30, indicating a potential upside of 30.21%. Given Six Flags Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cedar Fair is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Six Flags Entertainment	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Cedar Fair	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, SIX or FUN?

Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cedar Fair has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SIX or FUN?

Cedar Fair received 57 more outperform votes than Six Flags Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.94% of users gave Cedar Fair an outperform vote while only 67.08% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Six Flags Entertainment	Outperform Votes 591 67.08%	Underperform Votes 290 32.92%
Cedar Fair	Outperform Votes 648 68.94%	Underperform Votes 292 31.06%

Summary

Cedar Fair beats Six Flags Entertainment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.