Comparing Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality (PRSU) & Its Rivals

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality (NYSE:PRSU) is one of 382 public companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality	0	2	5	0	2.71
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality Competitors	3797	17233	25521	901	2.50

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality currently has a consensus target price of $54.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.99%. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 56.21%. Given Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality’s peers have a beta of 1.44, meaning that their average share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality	$452.42 million	$22.67 million	42.00
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality Competitors	$3.43 billion	$250.20 million	-161.30

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality. Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

89.9% of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.3% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality	7.94%	5.93%	3.82%
Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality Competitors	2.41%	-40.04%	2.14%

Summary

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality beats its peers on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality Company Profile

Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality, Inc. engages in the provision of hospitality and leisure activities, experiential marketing, and live events. It operates through the following segments: Pursuit, Spiro, and GES Exhibitions. The Pursuit segment provides travel experiences that include recreational attractions, unique hotels and lodges, food and beverage, retail, sightseeing, and ground transportation services. The Spiro segment is an experiential marketing agency that partners with brands around the world to manage and elevate their global experiential marketing activities. The GES Exhibitions segment is a global exhibition services company that partners with exhibition and conference organizers as a full-service provider of strategic and logistics solutions to manage the complexity of their shows. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.