Critical Survey: Lazydays (GORV) and Its Competitors

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Lazydays and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lazydays	0	0	0	0	N/A
Lazydays Competitors	238	1224	1727	54	2.49

As a group, “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies have a potential upside of 2.03%. Given Lazydays’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lazydays has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Lazydays and its rivals’ 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%

Insider and Institutional 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

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

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lazydays	$1.08 billion	-$110.27 million	-0.29
Lazydays Competitors	$9.46 billion	$263.48 million	-9.49

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

Summary

Lazydays beats its rivals 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.