Head to Head Survey: Lazydays (GORV) and Its Peers

Lazydays (NASDAQ:GORV) is one of 32 public companies in the “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Lazydays to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.7% of Lazydays shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of shares of all “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies are owned by institutional investors. 61.5% of Lazydays shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.8% of shares of all “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lazydays and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lazydays	$1.08 billion	-$110.27 million	-0.26
Lazydays Competitors	$9.48 billion	$263.48 million	-9.78

Lazydays’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Lazydays. Lazydays is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Lazydays and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lazydays	0	0	0	0	N/A
Lazydays Competitors	239	1225	1730	54	2.49

As a group, “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies have a potential upside of 2.81%. Given Lazydays’ peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lazydays has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Lazydays and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lazydays	-12.48%	-16.47%	-3.86%
Lazydays Competitors	-3.03%	-45.78%	-5.36%

Risk and Volatility

Lazydays has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lazydays’ peers have a beta of 1.44, indicating that their average share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lazydays beats its peers on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About Lazydays

Lazydays Holdings, Inc. operates recreational vehicle (RV) dealerships under the Lazydays name in the United States. The company offers RV sales, RV-repair and services, financing and insurance products, third-party protection plans, and after-market parts and accessories. It also operates the Lazydays RV resort at Tampa, Florida. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Tampa, Florida.