Contrasting Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK) and Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD)

Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK) and Sportradar Group (NASDAQ:SRAD) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and Sportradar Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lucky Strike Entertainment	-2.87%	N/A	-1.05%
Sportradar Group	1.23%	1.89%	0.65%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Lucky Strike Entertainment and Sportradar Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lucky Strike Entertainment	3	6	4	0	2.08
Sportradar Group	1	8	9	2	2.60

Lucky Strike Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $8.39, suggesting a potential upside of 52.72%. Sportradar Group has a consensus target price of $19.19, suggesting a potential upside of 55.24%. Given Sportradar Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sportradar Group is more favorable than Lucky Strike Entertainment.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lucky Strike Entertainment and Sportradar Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lucky Strike Entertainment	$1.25 billion	0.60	-$35.78 million	($0.34)	-16.16
Sportradar Group	$1.46 billion	2.54	$113.50 million	$0.06	206.00

Sportradar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lucky Strike Entertainment. Lucky Strike Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sportradar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

68.1% of Lucky Strike Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 84.2% of Lucky Strike Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 85.0% of Sportradar Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Lucky Strike Entertainment has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sportradar Group has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sportradar Group beats Lucky Strike Entertainment on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lucky Strike Entertainment

Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp. engages in operating bowling centers. It offers entertainment concepts with lounge seating, arcades, food and beverage offerings, and hosting and overseeing professional and non-professional bowling tournaments and related broadcasting. The company was founded by Thomas F. Shannon in 1997 and is headquartered in Mechanicsville, VA.

About Sportradar Group

Sportradar Group AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides sports data services for the sports betting and media industries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Malta, Switzerland, and internationally. Its sports data services to the bookmaking under the Betradar brand name, and to the international media industry under the Sportradar Media Services brand name. The company offers mission-critical software, data, and content to sports leagues and federations, betting operators, and media companies. It also provides sports entertainment, gaming, and sports solutions, as well as live streaming solution for online, mobile, and retail sports betting. In addition, its software solutions address the entire sports betting value chain from traffic generation and advertising technology to the collection, processing, and extrapolation of data and odds, as well as to visualization solutions, risk management, and platform services. Sportradar Group AG was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.