Amer Sports, Inc. (AS) vs Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT)

Amer Sports, Inc. and Planet Fitness, Inc. are both Leisure companies. Amer Sports, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $15.6B against $3.1B — 5.0× the size. Planet Fitness, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.4× against 28.6×. Amer Sports, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 30.5% against 12.7%. Planet Fitness, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.9% vs 7.35%) and the higher return on invested capital (19.7% vs 8.43%). Across the 19 metrics below, Planet Fitness, Inc. leads on 12 and Amer Sports, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric AS PLNT Leisure median
P/E 28.57 14.41 17.42
P/S 2.17 2.32 1.02
P/B 2.34 n/m 2.13
Price to free cash flow 25.43 12.51 11.49
EV/EBITDA 11.70 8.78 9.97
EV/Sales 2.20 3.74 2.00
Earnings yield 3.50% 6.94% 2.85%
Free cash flow yield 3.93% 7.99% 3.64%

Profitability

Metric AS PLNT Leisure median
Gross margin 59.81% 81.67% 48.02%
Operating margin 12.87% 30.91% 3.08%
Net margin 7.35% 16.88% 2.58%
Free cash flow margin 8.54% 18.57% 2.13%
Return on equity 8.80% (61.54%) 0.00%
Return on assets 5.68% 7.77% 0.05%
Return on invested capital 8.43% 19.65% 3.95%

Growth

Metric AS PLNT Leisure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 30.49% 12.70% 3.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 442.86% 31.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — 26.63% 4.22%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR — 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AS PLNT Leisure median
Debt to equity 0.13 (4.02) 0.02
Current ratio 1.76 1.58 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 0.87 3.53 1.85

Dividend

Metric AS PLNT Leisure median
Dividend yield — — 2.86%
Payout ratio — 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric AS PLNT Leisure median
Market cap 15.58b 3.10b 293.27m

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