Cedar Fair (FUN) Competitors

Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) and Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:SIX) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the media prefer FUN or SIX?

In the previous week, Six Flags Entertainment had 1 more articles in the media than Cedar Fair. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Six Flags Entertainment and 15 mentions for Cedar Fair. Cedar Fair's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Six Flags Entertainment's score of 0.40 indicating that Cedar Fair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cedar Fair	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Six Flags Entertainment	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FUN or SIX more profitable?

Cedar Fair has a net margin of 6.95% compared to Six Flags Entertainment's net margin of 1.84%. Six Flags Entertainment's return on equity of -6.61% beat Cedar Fair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cedar Fair	6.95%	-22.94%	6.63%
Six Flags Entertainment	1.84%	-6.61%	2.28%

Do analysts recommend FUN or SIX?

Cedar Fair presently has a consensus price target of $50.40, indicating a potential upside of 16.34%. Six Flags Entertainment has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.82%. Given Cedar Fair's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cedar Fair is more favorable than Six Flags Entertainment.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cedar Fair	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Six Flags Entertainment	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FUN or SIX?

64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.0% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cedar Fair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FUN or SIX a better dividend stock?

Cedar Fair pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Six Flags Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Cedar Fair pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Six Flags Entertainment pays out 312.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FUN or SIX?

Cedar Fair has higher revenue and earnings than Six Flags Entertainment. Cedar Fair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Six Flags Entertainment, 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
Cedar Fair	$1.80B	1.23	$124.56M	$2.43	17.83
Six Flags Entertainment	$1.42B	1.53	$39M	$0.32	80.41

Which has more volatility & risk, FUN or SIX?

Cedar Fair has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 2.2, suggesting that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FUN or SIX?

Cedar Fair received 62 more outperform votes than Six Flags Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.10% of users gave Cedar Fair an outperform vote while only 66.86% of users gave Six Flags Entertainment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cedar Fair	Outperform Votes 653 69.10%	Underperform Votes 292 30.90%
Six Flags Entertainment	Outperform Votes 591 66.86%	Underperform Votes 293 33.14%

Summary

Cedar Fair beats Six Flags Entertainment on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.