Alight (NYSE:ALIT) and Falcon’s Beyond Global (NASDAQ:FBYD) Head to Head Comparison

Falcon’s Beyond Global (NASDAQ:FBYD) and Alight (NYSE:ALIT) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Falcon’s Beyond Global has a beta of -2.57, meaning that its share price is 357% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alight has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

38.9% of Falcon’s Beyond Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of Alight shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Falcon’s Beyond Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Alight shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Falcon’s Beyond Global and Alight”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Falcon’s Beyond Global	$14.90 million	80.23	$2.84 million	($0.10)	-98.60
Alight	$2.23 billion	0.17	-$3.10 billion	($77.18)	-0.18

Falcon’s Beyond Global has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alight. Falcon’s Beyond Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Falcon’s Beyond Global and Alight’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Falcon’s Beyond Global	-8.60%	-52.83%	-19.79%
Alight	-90.90%	16.05%	4.38%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Falcon’s Beyond Global and Alight, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Falcon’s Beyond Global	0	1	0	0	2.00
Alight	2	3	3	0	2.12

Alight has a consensus price target of $53.00, suggesting a potential upside of 282.37%. Given Alight’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alight is more favorable than Falcon’s Beyond Global.

Summary

Alight beats Falcon’s Beyond Global on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Falcon’s Beyond Global

Falcon’s Beyond Global, Inc. is an experiential entertainment development enterprise. It connects the world by bringing stories to life through theme parks, resorts, animation, consumer products, gaming, and movies. The company propels intellectual property activations concurrently across physical and digital experiences through three core business units. Falcon’s Creative Group is a themed entertainment and master planning firm. Falcon’s Beyond Destinations develops, owns, and operates global entertainment destinations from resorts, theme parks, and attractions to retail, dining and location-based entertainment venues. Falcon’s Beyond Brands expands franchises across multiple platforms from media to gaming, music to consumer products and beyond. The firm also invents in immersive rides, attractions and technologies for entertainment destinations around the world. The company was founded on July 8, 2022 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

About Alight

Alight, Inc. provides cloud-based integrated digital human capital and business solutions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Employer Solutions and Professional Services. The Employer Solutions segment offers employee wellbeing, integrated benefits administration, healthcare navigation, financial wellbeing, leave of absence management, retiree healthcare and payroll; and operates AI-led capabilities software. The Professional Services segment offers consulting offerings, such as cloud advisory, deployment, and optimization services for cloud platforms. The company provides Alight Worklife, an intuitive, cloud-based employee engagement platform. Its solutions enable employees to enrich their health, wealth, and wellbeing that helps organizations achieve a high-performance culture. Alight, Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.