BOWL vs. SPHR, MANU, NGMS, ACEL, RSVR, TV, AMC, CWH, AFYA, and SGHC
Should you be buying Bowlero stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bowlero include Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), Manchester United (MANU), NeoGames (NGMS), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), Reservoir Media (RSVR), Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (TV), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Camping World (CWH), Afya (AFYA), and Super Group (SGHC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) and Bowlero (NYSE:BOWL) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Sphere Entertainment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bowlero. Sphere Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bowlero, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bowlero had 2 more articles in the media than Sphere Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Bowlero and 4 mentions for Sphere Entertainment. Bowlero's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Sphere Entertainment's score of 0.10 indicating that Sphere Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bowlero received 25 more outperform votes than Sphere Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.36% of users gave Bowlero an outperform vote while only 22.22% of users gave Sphere Entertainment an outperform vote.
Sphere Entertainment has a net margin of 43.36% compared to Sphere Entertainment's net margin of 11.24%. Sphere Entertainment's return on equity of 330.46% beat Bowlero's return on equity.
92.0% of Sphere Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Bowlero shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.5% of Sphere Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 56.5% of Bowlero shares are owned 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.
Sphere Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $35.60, indicating a potential downside of 1.22%. Bowlero has a consensus price target of $16.57, indicating a potential upside of 38.33%. Given Sphere Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bowlero is more favorable than Sphere Entertainment.
Sphere Entertainment has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowlero has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bowlero beats Sphere Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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