Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:FUN – Get Free Report) and OneSpaWorld (NASDAQ:OSW – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Risk and Volatility
Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OneSpaWorld has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
64.7% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of OneSpaWorld shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of OneSpaWorld shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Six Flags Entertainment | $3.10 billion | 0.65 | -$1.60 billion | ($16.32) | -1.22 |
| OneSpaWorld | $961.00 million | 2.53 | $71.62 million | $0.75 | 31.99 |
OneSpaWorld has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Six Flags Entertainment. Six Flags Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OneSpaWorld, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Six Flags Entertainment and OneSpaWorld, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Six Flags Entertainment | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2.57 |
| OneSpaWorld | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
Six Flags Entertainment currently has a consensus target price of $24.85, indicating a potential upside of 25.23%. OneSpaWorld has a consensus target price of $28.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.55%. Given Six Flags Entertainment’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Six Flags Entertainment is more favorable than OneSpaWorld.
Profitability
This table compares Six Flags Entertainment and OneSpaWorld’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Six Flags Entertainment | -52.76% | 5.17% | 0.51% |
| OneSpaWorld | 7.85% | 18.00% | 13.77% |
Summary
OneSpaWorld beats Six Flags Entertainment on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Six Flags Entertainment
Cedar Fair, L.P. owns and operates amusement and water parks, as well as complementary resort facilities. Its amusement parks include Cedar Point located on Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo in Sandusky, Ohio; Knott's Berry Farm near Los Angeles, California; Canada's Wonderland near Toronto, Ontario; Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio; Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina; Kings Dominion situated near Richmond, Virginia; California's Great America located in Santa Clara, California; Dorney Park in Pennsylvania; Worlds of Fun located in Kansas City, Missouri; Valleyfair situated near Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Michigan's Adventure situated near Muskegon, Michigan; Schlitterbahn Waterpark & Resort New Braunfels in New Braunfels, Texas; and Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston in Galveston, Texas. The company also owns and operates the Castaway Bay Indoor Waterpark Resort, Hotel Breakers, Cedar Point's Express Hotel, and Sawmill Creek Resort. Cedar Fair, L.P. was founded in 1983 and is based in Sandusky, Ohio.
About OneSpaWorld
OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited operates health and wellness centers onboard cruise ships and at destination resorts worldwide. Its health and wellness centers offer services, such as traditional body, salon, and skin care services and products; self-service fitness facilities, specialized fitness classes, and personal fitness training; pain management, detoxifying programs, and body composition analyses; weight management programs and products; and medi-spa services. The company also provides its guests access to beauty and wellness brands, including ELEMIS, Grown Alchemist, Kérastase, Dysport, Restylane, Thermage, CoolSculpting, truSculpt 3D, truSculpt iD, Good Feet, and Hyperice with various brands offered in the cruise market. The company is based in Nassau, Bahamas.
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