iQIYI (IQ) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, IQ or PLNT?

iQIYI has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IQ or PLNT?

52.7% of iQIYI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. 57.8% of iQIYI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Planet Fitness shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IQ or PLNT?

Planet Fitness received 186 more outperform votes than iQIYI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.89% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 69.23% of users gave iQIYI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
iQIYI	Outperform Votes 414 69.23%	Underperform Votes 184 30.77%
Planet Fitness	Outperform Votes 600 73.89%	Underperform Votes 212 26.11%

Is IQ or PLNT more profitable?

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.16% compared to iQIYI's net margin of 5.37%. iQIYI's return on equity of 14.57% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iQIYI	5.37%	14.57%	3.94%
Planet Fitness	14.16%	-121.99%	7.22%

Does the media favor IQ or PLNT?

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 2 more articles in the media than iQIYI. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Planet Fitness and 9 mentions for iQIYI. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat iQIYI's score of 0.18 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
iQIYI	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Planet Fitness	4 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate IQ or PLNT?

iQIYI presently has a consensus target price of $3.45, suggesting a potential upside of 33.72%. Planet Fitness has a consensus target price of $85.93, suggesting a potential upside of 7.71%. Given iQIYI's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe iQIYI is more favorable than Planet Fitness.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
iQIYI	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Planet Fitness	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Which has better valuation and earnings, IQ or PLNT?

iQIYI has higher revenue and earnings than Planet Fitness. iQIYI 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
iQIYI	$31.09B	0.08	$271.20M	$0.24	10.75
Planet Fitness	$1.07B	6.34	$138.31M	$1.82	43.84

Summary

Planet Fitness beats iQIYI on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.