Contrasting Lazydays (GORV) and Its Rivals

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

Risk & Volatility

Lazydays has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lazydays’ peers have a beta of 1.32, indicating that their average stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lazydays	$1.08 billion	-$110.27 million	-0.30
Lazydays Competitors	$9.48 billion	$263.48 million	-8.52

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 breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Lazydays and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lazydays	0	0	0	0	N/A
Lazydays Competitors	237	1220	1725	54	2.49

As a group, “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies have a potential upside of 0.65%. 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%

Summary

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

Lazydays Company Profile

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.