Acushnet (GOLF) vs United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS)

Acushnet and United Parks & Resorts Inc. are both Leisure companies. Acushnet is the larger, with a market value of $4.9B against $1.7B — 2.8× the size. United Parks & Resorts Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.6× against 22.5×. Acushnet grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.84% against −3.54%. Acushnet has the higher net margin (8.17% vs 8.11%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.7% vs 12.1%). Across the 21 metrics below, Acushnet leads on 11 and United Parks & Resorts Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric GOLF PRKS Leisure median
P/E 22.46 14.58 17.39
P/S 1.83 1.06 1.08
P/B 5.69 n/m 1.75
Price to free cash flow 23.22 10.61 11.20
EV/EBITDA 13.74 7.99 10.96
EV/Sales 2.12 2.43 1.87
Earnings yield 4.45% 6.86% 3.10%
Free cash flow yield 4.31% 9.42% 5.07%

Profitability

Metric GOLF PRKS Leisure median
Gross margin 49.41% 44.51% 47.50%
Operating margin 13.31% 19.23% 4.91%
Net margin 8.17% 8.11% 7.35%
Free cash flow margin 8.82% 10.00% 6.81%
Return on equity 25.62% (26.40%) 1.21%
Return on assets 8.99% 4.97% 2.20%
Return on invested capital 13.71% 12.06% 5.26%

Growth

Metric GOLF PRKS Leisure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.84% (3.54%) 2.89%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (7.72%) (19.26%) (4.35%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.68% 30.95% 5.32%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.45% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric GOLF PRKS Leisure median
Debt to equity 1.01 (3.69) 0.00
Current ratio 2.02 0.48 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 2.50 3.92 1.53

Dividend

Metric GOLF PRKS Leisure median
Dividend yield 1.20% — 1.77%
Payout ratio 0.27 — 0.27

Size

Metric GOLF PRKS Leisure median
Market cap 4.88b 1.72b 555.10m

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