Lazydays (GORV) versus Its Competitors Critical Analysis

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Lazydays and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lazydays	0	0	0	0	N/A
Lazydays Competitors	237	1223	1726	54	2.49

As a group, “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies have a potential upside of 0.92%. Given Lazydays’ rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lazydays has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider & Institutional 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 insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of shares of all “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies are owned by 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.

Profitability

This table compares Lazydays and its rivals’ 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	-3.03%	-45.78%	-5.36%

Volatility & Risk

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Lazydays and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lazydays	$1.08 billion	-$110.27 million	-0.27
Lazydays Competitors	$9.47 billion	$263.48 million	-8.67

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

Summary

Lazydays beats its rivals 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.