Financial Contrast: Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) and Its Competitors

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Lucky Strike Entertainment and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lucky Strike Entertainment	0	1	0	0	2.00
Lucky Strike Entertainment Competitors	49	355	800	8	2.63

Lucky Strike Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.72%. As a group, “Amusement & recreation services” companies have a potential upside of 1.82%. Given Lucky Strike Entertainment’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lucky Strike Entertainment is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lucky Strike Entertainment	$1.15 billion	-$83.58 million	-1,155.84
Lucky Strike Entertainment Competitors	$1.73 billion	$10.85 million	-78.30

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

Volatility and Risk

Lucky Strike Entertainment has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucky Strike Entertainment’s competitors have a beta of 1.51, meaning that their average share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of shares of all “Amusement & recreation services” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and its competitors’ 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	-16.33%	-3.84%	-4.01%

Dividends

Lucky Strike Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Lucky Strike Entertainment pays out -2,197.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Amusement & recreation services” companies pay a dividend yield of 0.7% and pay out -77.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Lucky Strike Entertainment is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Lucky Strike Entertainment competitors beat Lucky Strike Entertainment on 8 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.