PLNT vs. OSW, NXST, GIL, BC, RRR, BYD, WHR, REYN, WH, and VFC
Should you be buying Planet Fitness stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Planet Fitness include OneSpaWorld (OSW), Nexstar Media Group (NXST), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Brunswick (BC), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Whirlpool (WHR), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), and V.F. (VFC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) and OneSpaWorld (NASDAQ:OSW) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of OneSpaWorld shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of OneSpaWorld shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Planet Fitness received 571 more outperform votes than OneSpaWorld when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.71% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave OneSpaWorld an outperform vote.
Planet Fitness presently has a consensus price target of $71.43, suggesting a potential upside of 9.97%. OneSpaWorld has a consensus price target of $16.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.38%. Given OneSpaWorld's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe OneSpaWorld is more favorable than Planet Fitness.
In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 54 more articles in the media than OneSpaWorld. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Planet Fitness and 2 mentions for OneSpaWorld. OneSpaWorld's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Planet Fitness' score of 0.59 indicating that OneSpaWorld is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneSpaWorld has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Planet Fitness has a net margin of 13.66% compared to OneSpaWorld's net margin of 4.14%. OneSpaWorld's return on equity of 13.01% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.
Planet Fitness has higher revenue and earnings than OneSpaWorld. Planet Fitness is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OneSpaWorld, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Planet Fitness beats OneSpaWorld on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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