Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) vs. Its Rivals Head to Head Analysis

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Lucky Strike Entertainment and its peers, as provided 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	48	354	796	8	2.63

Lucky Strike Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.19%. As a group, “Amusement & recreation services” companies have a potential upside of 1.15%. Given Lucky Strike Entertainment’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lucky Strike Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Risk and Volatility

Lucky Strike Entertainment has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucky Strike Entertainment’s peers have a beta of 1.55, suggesting that their average stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Lucky Strike Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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 1.5% and pay out -85.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Lucky Strike Entertainment is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and its peers’ 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%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lucky Strike Entertainment	$1.15 billion	-$83.58 million	-1,291.71
Lucky Strike Entertainment Competitors	$1.74 billion	$10.85 million	-85.24

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

Summary

Lucky Strike Entertainment peers 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.