Analyzing Gamer Pakistan (NASDAQ:GPAK) & Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK)

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Gamer Pakistan and Lucky Strike Entertainment, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

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

Lucky Strike Entertainment has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.72%. Given Lucky Strike Entertainment’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lucky Strike Entertainment is more favorable than Gamer Pakistan.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.1% of Gamer Pakistan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Lucky Strike Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 79.9% of Lucky Strike Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gamer Pakistan	N/A	-156.07%	-152.65%
Lucky Strike Entertainment	1.11%	-35.76%	1.68%

Volatility and Risk

Gamer Pakistan has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucky Strike Entertainment has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gamer Pakistan	N/A	N/A	-$2.05 million	($0.14)	-0.14
Lucky Strike Entertainment	$1.15 billion	1.47	-$83.58 million	($0.01)	-1,155.84

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

Summary

Lucky Strike Entertainment beats Gamer Pakistan on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Gamer Pakistan

Gamer Pakistan Inc. operates as an e-sports event promotion and product marketing company in Pakistan. It focuses on creating college, inter-university, and professional e-sports events for both men's and women's teams, primarily e-sports opportunities with colleges and universities. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Henderson, Nevada.

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.