Head to Head Comparison: Lazydays (GORV) vs. Its Peers

Lazydays (NASDAQ:GORV) is one of 32 public companies in the “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Lazydays to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

89.7% of Lazydays shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of shares of all “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies are owned by institutional investors. 61.5% of Lazydays shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of shares of all “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Lazydays has a beta of 2, meaning that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lazydays’ competitors have a beta of 1.32, meaning that their average stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Lazydays and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lazydays	0	0	0	0	N/A
Lazydays Competitors	237	1219	1722	54	2.49

As a group, “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies have a potential upside of 1.03%. Given Lazydays’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lazydays has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Lazydays and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lazydays	-12.48%	-16.47%	-3.86%
Lazydays Competitors	-3.02%	-45.75%	-5.35%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lazydays and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lazydays	$1.08 billion	-$110.27 million	-0.34
Lazydays Competitors	$9.47 billion	$265.39 million	-9.64

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

Summary

Lazydays beats its competitors on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

About Lazydays

Lazydays Holdings, Inc. operates recreational vehicle (RV) dealerships under the Lazydays name in the United States. The company offers RV sales, RV-repair and services, financing and insurance products, third-party protection plans, and after-market parts and accessories. It also operates the Lazydays RV resort at Tampa, Florida. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Tampa, Florida.