iQIYI (IQ) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IQ or PLNT?

52.7% of iQIYI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of iQIYI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend IQ or PLNT?

iQIYI presently has a consensus target price of $2.91, suggesting a potential upside of 27.63%. Planet Fitness has a consensus target price of $100.17, suggesting a potential upside of 7.34%. Given iQIYI's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Planet Fitness	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IQ or PLNT?

Planet Fitness received 197 more outperform votes than iQIYI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.73% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 68.48% of users gave iQIYI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
iQIYI	Outperform Votes 415 68.48%	Underperform Votes 191 31.52%
Planet Fitness	Outperform Votes 612 73.73%	Underperform Votes 218 26.27%

Which has more risk & volatility, IQ or PLNT?

iQIYI has a beta of 0.05, meaning that its stock price is 95% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & 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	$29.23B	0.07	$271.20M	$0.10	22.80
Planet Fitness	$1.18B	6.69	$138.31M	$2.01	46.42

Does the media refer more to IQ or PLNT?

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 1 more articles in the media than iQIYI. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Planet Fitness and 9 mentions for iQIYI. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat iQIYI's score of 0.54 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Planet Fitness	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IQ or PLNT more profitable?

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.23% compared to iQIYI's net margin of 2.62%. iQIYI's return on equity of 7.62% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
iQIYI	2.62%	7.62%	2.17%
Planet Fitness	14.23%	-107.97%	7.25%

Summary

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