Cedar Fair (FUN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, PLNT or FUN?

Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cedar Fair has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PLNT or FUN?

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 4 more articles in the media than Cedar Fair. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Planet Fitness and 5 mentions for Cedar Fair. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Cedar Fair's score of 0.50 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cedar Fair	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PLNT or FUN?

95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Cedar Fair shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PLNT or FUN?

Planet Fitness currently has a consensus target price of $101.72, suggesting a potential upside of 4.67%. Cedar Fair has a consensus target price of $50.87, suggesting a potential upside of 43.48%. Given Cedar Fair's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cedar Fair 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
Cedar Fair	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLNT or FUN?

Cedar Fair received 76 more outperform votes than Planet Fitness when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.80% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 68.66% of users gave Cedar Fair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Planet Fitness	Outperform Votes 614 73.80%	Underperform Votes 218 26.20%
Cedar Fair	Outperform Votes 690 68.66%	Underperform Votes 315 31.34%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PLNT or FUN?

Planet Fitness has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cedar Fair. Cedar Fair 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	6.96	$138.31M	$2.01	48.35
Cedar Fair	$2.71B	1.31	$124.56M	-$3.21	-11.04

Is PLNT or FUN more profitable?

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Cedar Fair's net margin of 0.99%. Cedar Fair's return on equity of 113.05% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Planet Fitness	14.23%	-107.97%	7.25%
Cedar Fair	0.99%	113.05%	2.41%

Summary

Planet Fitness beats Cedar Fair on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.