Contrasting Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) & The Competition

Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK) is one of 42 publicly-traded companies in the “Amusement & recreation services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Lucky Strike Entertainment to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lucky Strike Entertainment	1.11%	-35.76%	1.68%
Lucky Strike Entertainment Competitors	-16.64%	-1.13%	-3.98%

Volatility and Risk

Lucky Strike Entertainment has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucky Strike Entertainment’s rivals have a beta of 1.48, indicating that their average stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

68.1% of Lucky Strike Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of shares of all “Amusement & recreation services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 79.9% of Lucky Strike Entertainment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of shares of all “Amusement & recreation services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Lucky Strike Entertainment and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lucky Strike Entertainment	0	1	0	0	2.00
Lucky Strike Entertainment Competitors	52	358	814	9	2.63

Lucky Strike Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.79%. As a group, “Amusement & recreation services” companies have a potential upside of 27.53%. Given Lucky Strike Entertainment’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lucky Strike Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lucky Strike Entertainment	$1.18 billion	-$83.58 million	-954.00
Lucky Strike Entertainment Competitors	$1.79 billion	$10.39 million	311.19

Lucky Strike Entertainment’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Lucky Strike Entertainment. Lucky Strike Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Lucky Strike Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Lucky Strike Entertainment pays out -2,200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Amusement & recreation services” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.2% and pay out -50.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Lucky Strike Entertainment is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Lucky Strike Entertainment rivals beat Lucky Strike Entertainment on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Lucky Strike Entertainment Company Profile

Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp. engages in operating bowling centers. It offers entertainment concepts with lounge seating, arcades, food and beverage offerings, and hosting and overseeing professional and non-professional bowling tournaments and related broadcasting. The company was founded by Thomas F. Shannon in 1997 and is headquartered in Mechanicsville, VA.