Latham Group (SWIM) and Its Rivals Critical Survey

Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) is one of 95 publicly-traded companies in the “Leisure Products” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Latham Group to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Profitability

This table compares Latham Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Latham Group	0.92%	1.31%	0.63%
Latham Group Competitors	-8.26%	-18.31%	-3.90%

Volatility & Risk

Latham Group has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latham Group’s peers have a beta of 1.24, indicating that their average share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Latham Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Latham Group	3	3	1	0	1.71
Latham Group Competitors	560	2383	3802	187	2.52

Latham Group presently has a consensus target price of $7.83, indicating a potential upside of 7.16%. As a group, “Leisure Products” companies have a potential upside of 28.50%. Given Latham Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Latham Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

84.0% of Latham Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Latham Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Latham Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Latham Group	$545.91 million	$11.12 million	146.20
Latham Group Competitors	$2.93 billion	$72.16 million	570.35

Latham Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Latham Group. Latham Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Latham Group peers beat Latham Group on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Latham Group

Latham Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets in-ground residential swimming pools in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. It offers a portfolio of pools and related products, including in-ground swimming pools that include fiber glass and packaged pools; and pool covers and liners under the Latham, Narellan, CoverStar, Radiant, and GLI brand names. The company was formerly known as Latham Topco, Inc. and changed its name to Latham Group, Inc. in March 2021. Latham Group, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Latham, New York.