Head-To-Head Comparison: Peloton Interactive (PTON) versus Its Competitors

Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) is one of 95 publicly-traded companies in the “Leisure Products” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Peloton Interactive to similar companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Peloton Interactive and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peloton Interactive	1	7	5	0	2.31
Peloton Interactive Competitors	564	2387	3812	188	2.52

Peloton Interactive currently has a consensus price target of $7.60, suggesting a potential upside of 34.28%. As a group, “Leisure Products” companies have a potential upside of 25.10%. Given Peloton Interactive’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Peloton Interactive is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

Peloton Interactive has a beta of 2.56, meaning that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peloton Interactive’s rivals have a beta of 1.20, meaning that their average stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Peloton Interactive and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peloton Interactive	2.58%	-23.92%	3.00%
Peloton Interactive Competitors	-8.21%	-18.19%	-3.85%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Peloton Interactive	$2.45 billion	$63.20 million	47.17
Peloton Interactive Competitors	$2.93 billion	$72.16 million	577.49

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

77.0% of Peloton Interactive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Peloton Interactive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Peloton Interactive rivals beat Peloton Interactive on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Peloton Interactive

Peloton Interactive, Inc. operates interactive fitness platform in North America and internationally. The company offers connected fitness products with touchscreen that streams live and on-demand classes under the Peloton Bike, Peloton Bike+, Peloton Tread, Peloton Tread+, Peloton Guide, and Peloton Row names. The company markets and sells its interactive fitness products directly through its retail showrooms and at onepeloton.com. Peloton Interactive, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.