Analyzing Lazydays (GORV) and The Competition

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

Profitability

This table compares Lazydays and its peers’ 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%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lazydays and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Lazydays. Lazydays is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk & Volatility

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

89.7% of Lazydays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of shares of all “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies are held by institutional investors. 61.5% of Lazydays shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.7% of shares of all “Automotive dealers & gasoline service stations” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Lazydays and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	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’ peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lazydays has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Lazydays beats its peers 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.