Reviewing Beachbody (BODI) and Its Competitors

Beachbody (NASDAQ:BODI) is one of 168 publicly-traded companies in the “Diversified Consumer Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Beachbody to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and earnings.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beachbody	2.21%	33.74%	6.40%
Beachbody Competitors	-2.17%	-38.90%	2.97%

Risk and Volatility

Beachbody has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beachbody’s peers have a beta of 0.48, suggesting that their average stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beachbody	$233.65 million	-$2.86 million	16.33
Beachbody Competitors	$3.29 billion	$218.13 million	16.57

Beachbody’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Beachbody. Beachbody 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Beachbody and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beachbody	0	3	3	0	2.50
Beachbody Competitors	1368	3358	5240	186	2.42

Beachbody presently has a consensus target price of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 43.21%. As a group, “Diversified Consumer Services” companies have a potential upside of 54.57%. Given Beachbody’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Beachbody has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

74.5% of Beachbody shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of shares of all “Diversified Consumer Services” companies are owned by institutional investors. 42.4% of Beachbody shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.5% of shares of all “Diversified Consumer Services” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Beachbody beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Beachbody

The Beachbody Company, Inc. operates as a subscription health and wellness company that provides fitness, nutrition, and stress-reducing programs in the United States and internationally. The company operates Beachbody on Demand, a digital subscription platform that provides access to a library of live and on-demand fitness and nutrition content; and Beachbody on Demand Interactive (BODi) for live fitness and nutrition programs. It also offers nutritional products, such as Shakeology, a nutrition shake; Beachbody Performance supplements comprising pre-workout energize, hydrate, post-workout recover, and protein supplement recharge products; BEACHBAR, a low-sugar snack bar; supplements under the LADDER brand; connected fitness products; and BODi Bike Studio, a package subscription to BODi with a bike and accessories. The Beachbody Company, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.