Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE:FUN – Get Free Report) and Atour Lifestyle (NASDAQ:ATAT – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
64.7% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Atour Lifestyle shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Six Flags Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Six Flags Entertainment and Atour Lifestyle, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Six Flags Entertainment | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2.53 |
| Atour Lifestyle | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.11 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Six Flags Entertainment and Atour Lifestyle”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Six Flags Entertainment | $3.10 billion | 0.63 | -$1.60 billion | ($16.32) | -1.17 |
| Atour Lifestyle | $1.40 billion | 3.16 | $231.80 million | $1.86 | 17.32 |
Atour Lifestyle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Six Flags Entertainment. Six Flags Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atour Lifestyle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Six Flags Entertainment and Atour Lifestyle’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% |
| Atour Lifestyle | 17.22% | 51.75% | 20.99% |
Risk and Volatility
Six Flags Entertainment has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atour Lifestyle has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Atour Lifestyle beats Six Flags Entertainment on 11 of the 15 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 Atour Lifestyle
Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, develops lifestyle brands around hotel offerings in the People’s Republic of China. The company provides hotel management services, including day-to-day management services of the hotels for the franchisees; and sells hotel supplies and other products. It also offers retail management service; investment management service; financial information service management; property management services; and software and technology services, as well as operates travel agency. Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
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