Financial Review: Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality (PRSU) versus The Competition

Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality (NYSE:PRSU) is one of 196 public companies in the “Business services, not elsewhere classified” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality’s competitors have a beta of 1.33, meaning that their average stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality	0	0	1	0	3.00
Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality Competitors	958	6243	12716	331	2.61

Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.80%. As a group, “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies have a potential upside of 14.10%. Given Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality	2.68%	47.55%	5.49%
Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality Competitors	-16.33%	-154.67%	-3.10%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.9% of Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.4% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of shares of all “Business services, not elsewhere classified” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality	$1.40 billion	$16.02 million	77.04
Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality Competitors	$22.14 billion	$590.94 million	25.89

Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality. Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality 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

Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality beats its competitors on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Pursuit Attractions & 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.