Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK) and Kidoz (OTCMKTS:KDOZF) Head-To-Head Survey

Kidoz (OTCMKTS:KDOZF) and Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Kidoz has a beta of -1.61, meaning that its stock price is 261% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucky Strike Entertainment has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kidoz	-9.40%	-18.24%	-13.05%
Lucky Strike Entertainment	1.11%	-35.76%	1.68%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

68.1% of Lucky Strike Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 20.5% of Kidoz shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 79.9% of Lucky Strike Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Kidoz and Lucky Strike Entertainment, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kidoz	0	0	0	0	0.00
Lucky Strike Entertainment	0	1	0	0	2.00

Lucky Strike Entertainment has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. Given Lucky Strike Entertainment’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lucky Strike Entertainment is more favorable than Kidoz.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Kidoz and Lucky Strike Entertainment”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kidoz	$13.33 million	2.07	-$2.01 million	($0.01)	-21.00
Lucky Strike Entertainment	$1.18 billion	1.29	-$83.58 million	($0.01)	-1,068.00

Kidoz has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lucky Strike Entertainment. Lucky Strike Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kidoz, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Lucky Strike Entertainment beats Kidoz on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kidoz

Kidoz Inc. develops and sells AdTech software products in Western Europe; Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe; North America; and internationally. The company also owns and develops mobile Kidoz safe ad network, the Kidoz kid-mode operating system, the Kidoz publisher SDK, the Rooplay edugames platform, and the Rooplay originals. In addition, it offers Rooplay, the cloud-based EduGame system for kids to learn and play. The company was formerly known as Shoal Games Ltd. and changed its name to Kidoz Inc. in April 2019. Kidoz Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

About Lucky Strike Entertainment

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.