Lucky Strike Entertainment (LUCK) vs United Parks & Resorts Inc. (PRKS)

Lucky Strike Entertainment and United Parks & Resorts Inc. are both Leisure companies. United Parks & Resorts Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.5B against $707.5M — 2.1× the size. Lucky Strike Entertainment has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; United Parks & Resorts Inc. trades at 12.9×. Lucky Strike Entertainment grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.66% against −3.54%. United Parks & Resorts Inc. has the higher net margin (8.11% vs −3.65%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.1% vs 3.58%). Across the 18 metrics below, United Parks & Resorts Inc. leads on 13 and Lucky Strike Entertainment on 5.

Valuation

Metric LUCK PRKS Leisure median
P/E n/m 12.94 17.42
P/S 0.57 0.94 1.02
P/B n/m n/m 2.13
Price to free cash flow n/m 9.42 11.49
EV/EBITDA 12.29 7.60 9.97
EV/Sales 2.70 2.31 2.00
Earnings yield (6.53%) 7.73% 2.85%
Free cash flow yield (36.70%) 10.62% 3.64%

Profitability

Metric LUCK PRKS Leisure median
Gross margin 35.06% 44.51% 48.02%
Operating margin 10.98% 19.23% 3.08%
Net margin (3.65%) 8.11% 2.58%
Free cash flow margin (20.98%) 10.00% 2.13%
Return on equity 13.06% (26.40%) 0.00%
Return on assets (1.42%) 4.97% 0.05%
Return on invested capital 3.58% 12.06% 3.95%

Growth

Metric LUCK PRKS Leisure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.66% (3.54%) 3.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (153.85%) (19.26%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.43% 30.95% 4.22%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric LUCK PRKS Leisure median
Debt to equity (10.21) (3.69) 0.02
Current ratio 0.50 0.48 1.76
Net debt to EBITDA 9.69 3.92 1.85

Dividend

Metric LUCK PRKS Leisure median
Dividend yield — — 2.86%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric LUCK PRKS Leisure median
Market cap 707.54m 1.48b 293.27m

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack