IQ vs. LTH, MSGS, FUN, SGHC, RSI, PRKS, MANU, BATRA, OSW, and BATRK
Should you be buying iQIYI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of iQIYI include Life Time Group (LTH), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Cedar Fair (FUN), Super Group (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Manchester United (MANU), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), OneSpaWorld (OSW), and Atlanta Braves (BATRK). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.
iQIYI vs.
iQIYI (NASDAQ:IQ) and Life Time Group (NYSE:LTH) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Life Time Group has a net margin of 5.67% compared to iQIYI's net margin of 4.69%. iQIYI's return on equity of 13.26% beat Life Time Group's return on equity.
iQIYI has higher revenue and earnings than Life Time Group. iQIYI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life Time Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
iQIYI has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Life Time Group has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.
iQIYI received 388 more outperform votes than Life Time Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.60% of users gave iQIYI an outperform vote while only 34.62% of users gave Life Time Group an outperform vote.
iQIYI currently has a consensus target price of $2.91, suggesting a potential upside of 27.07%. Life Time Group has a consensus target price of $31.77, suggesting a potential upside of 1.71%. Given iQIYI's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe iQIYI is more favorable than Life Time Group.
In the previous week, Life Time Group had 3 more articles in the media than iQIYI. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Life Time Group and 6 mentions for iQIYI. Life Time Group's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat iQIYI's score of 0.40 indicating that Life Time Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
52.7% of iQIYI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Life Time Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of iQIYI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Life Time Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Life Time Group beats iQIYI on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:IQ) was last updated on 2/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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