FUN vs. SIX, RSI, SGHC, MSGE, PRKS, GDEN, IGT, MSGS, MTN, and SVV
Should you be buying Cedar Fair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cedar Fair include Six Flags Entertainment (SIX), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Super Group (SGHC), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Golden Entertainment (GDEN), International Game Technology (IGT), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Vail Resorts (MTN), and Savers Value Village (SVV). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) and Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Six Flags Entertainment had 2 more articles in the media than Cedar Fair. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment and 15 mentions for Cedar Fair. Six Flags Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Cedar Fair's score of 0.40 indicating that Cedar Fair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cedar Fair has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cedar Fair has a net margin of 6.95% compared to Cedar Fair's net margin of 1.84%. Cedar Fair's return on equity of -6.61% beat Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity.
Six Flags Entertainment currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.82%. Cedar Fair has a consensus price target of $50.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.34%. Given Six Flags Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cedar Fair is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.
Summary
Cedar Fair beats Six Flags Entertainment on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FUN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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