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Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Competitors

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$38.70 +1.91 (+5.19%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

SPHR vs. LTH, FUN, SGHC, RSI, MANU, BATRA, GENI, OSW, BATRK, and IQ

Should you be buying Sphere Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sphere Entertainment include Life Time Group (LTH), Cedar Fair (FUN), Super Group (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Manchester United (MANU), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Genius Sports (GENI), OneSpaWorld (OSW), Atlanta Braves (BATRK), and iQIYI (IQ). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

Sphere Entertainment vs.

Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) and Life Time Group (NYSE:LTH) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Life Time Group has higher revenue and earnings than Sphere Entertainment. Sphere Entertainment 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sphere Entertainment$1.03M1,328.57-$200.65M-$10.50-3.69
Life Time Group$2.52B1.83$76.06M$0.6932.33

In the previous week, Life Time Group had 8 more articles in the media than Sphere Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Life Time Group and 6 mentions for Sphere Entertainment. Life Time Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Sphere Entertainment's score of 0.88 indicating that Life Time Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sphere Entertainment
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Life Time Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sphere Entertainment has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Life Time Group has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sphere Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $50.43, suggesting a potential upside of 30.31%. Life Time Group has a consensus target price of $27.89, suggesting a potential upside of 25.01%. Given Sphere Entertainment's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sphere Entertainment is more favorable than Life Time Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sphere Entertainment
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Life Time Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Life Time Group received 12 more outperform votes than Sphere Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 32.26% of users gave Sphere Entertainment an outperform vote while only 30.56% of users gave Life Time Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sphere EntertainmentOutperform Votes
10
32.26%
Underperform Votes
21
67.74%
Life Time GroupOutperform Votes
22
30.56%
Underperform Votes
50
69.44%

92.0% of Sphere Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Life Time Group shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of Sphere Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Life Time Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Life Time Group has a net margin of 5.67% compared to Sphere Entertainment's net margin of -32.76%. Life Time Group's return on equity of 6.42% beat Sphere Entertainment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sphere Entertainment-32.76% -16.48% -8.30%
Life Time Group 5.67%6.42%2.14%

Summary

Life Time Group beats Sphere Entertainment on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SPHR vs. The Competition

MetricSphere EntertainmentAmusement & recreation services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.37B$4.51B$8.38B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A1.53%2.82%3.60%
P/E Ratio-3.6916.6718.3341.26
Price / Sales1,328.5779.6515.5017.60
Price / Cash24.0829.1833.4521.28
Price / Book0.577.875.565.32
Net Income-$200.65M$37.46M$267.23M$989.88M
7 Day Performance2.35%0.00%-2.02%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-5.70%-2.24%-0.08%-3.68%
1 Year Performance9.63%8.40%10.25%12.14%

Sphere Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPHR
Sphere Entertainment
2.9467 of 5 stars
$38.70
+5.2%
$50.43
+30.3%
+12.4%$1.37B$1.03M-3.693,100Positive News
LTH
Life Time Group
3.9113 of 5 stars
$23.14
+1.7%
$27.78
+20.0%
+50.8%$4.79B$2.52B32.9737,000Analyst Forecast
FUN
Cedar Fair
3.6063 of 5 stars
$47.72
+3.5%
$56.07
+17.5%
+28.7%$4.79B$1.82B-72.0353,050Analyst Upgrade
SGHC
Super Group
3.2034 of 5 stars
$6.72
-0.4%
$8.00
+19.0%
+117.7%$3.35B$1.55B112.523,700
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
1.7055 of 5 stars
$13.84
+2.0%
$12.43
-10.2%
+218.6%$3.12B$863.77M-678.50820News Coverage
Positive News
MANU
Manchester United
1.504 of 5 stars
$17.64
+1.8%
$18.50
+4.9%
-11.7%$2.99B$647.72M-26.261,140Analyst Forecast
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
2.8654 of 5 stars
$41.67
+1.3%
$54.00
+29.6%
-2.1%$2.54B$678.38M-57.081,240News Coverage
GENI
Genius Sports
2.1093 of 5 stars
$9.30
+1.6%
$10.72
+15.3%
+41.4%$2.13B$462.54M-28.592,300
OSW
OneSpaWorld
4.3312 of 5 stars
$20.41
+1.0%
$20.00
-2.0%
+47.8%$2.12B$872.62M41.245,024Positive News
BATRK
Atlanta Braves
3.0272 of 5 stars
$39.97
+1.5%
$53.00
+32.6%
-1.4%$2.03B$678.38M-53.961,240
IQ
iQIYI
3.5069 of 5 stars
$2.10
-7.5%
$3.15
+50.0%
-55.5%$2.01B$4.51B10.804,788

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This page (NYSE:SPHR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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