Cedar Fair (FUN) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FUN or SIX?

Cedar Fair currently has a consensus target price of $50.40, suggesting a potential upside of 16.34%. Six Flags Entertainment has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.82%. Given Cedar Fair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cedar Fair is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cedar Fair	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Six Flags Entertainment	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FUN or SIX?

64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FUN or SIX more profitable?

Cedar Fair has a net margin of 6.95% compared to Six Flags Entertainment's net margin of 1.84%. Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity of -6.61% beat Cedar Fair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cedar Fair	6.95%	-22.94%	6.63%
Six Flags Entertainment	1.84%	-6.61%	2.28%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FUN or SIX?

Cedar Fair received 62 more outperform votes than Six Flags Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.10% of users gave Cedar Fair an outperform vote while only 66.86% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cedar Fair	Outperform Votes 653 69.10%	Underperform Votes 292 30.90%
Six Flags Entertainment	Outperform Votes 591 66.86%	Underperform Votes 293 33.14%

Which has more volatility and risk, FUN or SIX?

Cedar Fair has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FUN or SIX?

In the previous week, Six Flags Entertainment had 1 more articles in the media than Cedar Fair. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment and 15 mentions for Cedar Fair. Cedar Fair's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Six Flags Entertainment's score of 0.40 indicating that Cedar Fair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cedar Fair	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Six Flags Entertainment	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FUN or SIX?

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
Cedar Fair	$1.80B	1.23	$124.56M	$2.43	17.83
Six Flags Entertainment	$1.43B	1.52	$39M	$0.32	80.41

Summary

Cedar Fair beats Six Flags Entertainment on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.