Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) and The Competition Critical Analysis

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

Profitability

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and its competitors’ 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	-16.73%	-4.46%	-4.09%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lucky Strike Entertainment	$1.15 billion	-$83.58 million	-1,061.94
Lucky Strike Entertainment Competitors	$1.71 billion	$10.85 million	-71.80

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Lucky Strike Entertainment and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lucky Strike Entertainment	0	1	0	0	2.00
Lucky Strike Entertainment Competitors	50	355	803	8	2.63

Lucky Strike Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.89%. As a group, “Amusement & recreation services” companies have a potential upside of 6.84%. Given Lucky Strike Entertainment’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lucky Strike Entertainment is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of shares of all “Amusement & recreation services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Lucky Strike Entertainment pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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 competitors have a beta of 1.51, suggesting that their average stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lucky Strike Entertainment competitors beat Lucky Strike Entertainment on 8 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.