Atlanta Braves (BATRA) Competitors

Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) and Atlanta Braves (NASDAQ:BATRA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness received 499 more outperform votes than Atlanta Braves when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.80% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Atlanta Braves an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Planet Fitness	Outperform Votes 614 73.80%	Underperform Votes 218 26.20%
Atlanta Braves	Outperform Votes 115 62.50%	Underperform Votes 69 37.50%

Which has more risk & volatility, PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlanta Braves has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PLNT or BATRA more profitable?

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Atlanta Braves' net margin of -6.56%. Atlanta Braves' return on equity of -8.48% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Planet Fitness	14.23%	-107.97%	7.25%
Atlanta Braves	-6.56%	-8.48%	-2.85%

Does the media prefer PLNT or BATRA?

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 1 more articles in the media than Atlanta Braves. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Planet Fitness and 9 mentions for Atlanta Braves. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Atlanta Braves' score of 1.26 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Planet Fitness	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Atlanta Braves	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PLNT or BATRA?

95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Atlanta Braves shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Atlanta Braves shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness has higher revenue and earnings than Atlanta Braves. Atlanta Braves is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Planet Fitness, 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
Planet Fitness	$1.18B	6.99	$138.31M	$2.01	48.52
Atlanta Braves	$662.75M	3.93	-$125.29M	-$0.52	-80.90

Do analysts rate PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness currently has a consensus price target of $101.72, indicating a potential upside of 4.30%. Atlanta Braves has a consensus price target of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.62%. Given Atlanta Braves' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atlanta Braves is more favorable than Planet Fitness.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Planet Fitness	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Atlanta Braves	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Planet Fitness beats Atlanta Braves on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.