Atlanta Braves (BATRA) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlanta Braves has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$1.13B	7.46	$138.31M	$1.86	53.37
Atlanta Braves	$678.38M	3.70	-$125.29M	-$0.73	-55.51

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

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

Does the media refer more to PLNT or BATRA?

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 8 more articles in the media than Atlanta Braves. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Planet Fitness and 5 mentions for Atlanta Braves. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Atlanta Braves' score of 0.95 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atlanta Braves	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 MarketBeat Community believe in PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness received 491 more outperform votes than Atlanta Braves when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.87% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 62.30% of users gave Atlanta Braves an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Planet Fitness	Outperform Votes 605 73.87%	Underperform Votes 214 26.13%
Atlanta Braves	Outperform Votes 114 62.30%	Underperform Votes 69 37.70%

Do analysts rate PLNT or BATRA?

Planet Fitness presently has a consensus price target of $94.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.30%. Atlanta Braves has a consensus price target of $54.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.27%. Given Atlanta Braves' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
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.