Interactive Strength (NASDAQ:TRNR) & Viking (NYSE:VIK) Financial Comparison

Interactive Strength (NASDAQ:TRNR) and Viking (NYSE:VIK) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Interactive Strength and Viking, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interactive Strength	0	0	0	0	0.00
Viking	0	5	11	0	2.69

Viking has a consensus target price of $49.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.34%. Given Viking’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Viking is more favorable than Interactive Strength.

Profitability

This table compares Interactive Strength and Viking’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interactive Strength	-469.69%	-445.35%	-81.73%
Viking	9.60%	-128.44%	7.99%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.6% of Interactive Strength shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Viking shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Interactive Strength shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Interactive Strength and Viking”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Interactive Strength	$5.38 million	1.21	-$34.93 million	($7,629.53)	0.00
Viking	$5.33 billion	4.13	$152.33 million	$1.23	40.38

Viking has higher revenue and earnings than Interactive Strength. Interactive Strength is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Viking beats Interactive Strength on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Interactive Strength

Interactive Strength Inc., doing business as FORME, operates digital fitness platform that provides connected fitness hardware products and related accessories in the United States. The company offers the Forme Studio, a fitness mirror with touchscreen display; and the Forme Studio Lift, a fitness mirror and cable-based digital resistance. It also provides video on-demand classes, and personal training and expert health coaching services. The company sells its products through retail stores, as well as online. Interactive Strength Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

About Viking

Viking Holdings Ltd engages in the passenger shipping and other forms of passenger transport in North America, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through River and Ocean segments. The company also operates as a tour entrepreneur for passengers and related activities in tourism. As of December 31, 2023, it operated a fleet of 92 ships, including 81 river vessels comprising 58 Longships, 10 smaller classes based on the Longship design, 11 other river vessels, and 1 river vessel charter and the Viking Mississippi; 9 ocean ships; and 2 expedition ships. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.