Head to Head Review: Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) & Its Peers

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 rivals? We will compare Lucky Strike Entertainment to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and its rivals top-line 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	$1.68 billion	$10.39 million	-76.99

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

Institutional and 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and its rivals’ 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	-16.64%	-1.13%	-3.98%

Volatility and Risk

Lucky Strike Entertainment has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucky Strike Entertainment’s rivals have a beta of 1.51, meaning that their average share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Lucky Strike Entertainment and its rivals, as reported 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 6.86%. Given Lucky Strike Entertainment’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lucky Strike Entertainment is more favorable than its rivals.

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 0.7% and pay out -77.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Lucky Strike Entertainment is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Lucky Strike Entertainment rivals beat Lucky Strike Entertainment on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

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.