Comparing Lazydays (NASDAQ:GORV) & Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA)

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) and Lazydays (NASDAQ:GORV) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Volatility & Risk

Escalade has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lazydays has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

65.2% of Escalade shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Lazydays shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.8% of Escalade shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Lazydays shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Escalade and Lazydays”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Escalade	$241.54 million	0.72	$12.99 million	$0.91	13.92
Lazydays	$871.56 million	0.00	-$163.71 million	($103.13)	0.00

Escalade has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lazydays. Lazydays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Escalade and Lazydays’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Escalade	5.30%	6.86%	5.09%
Lazydays	-38.07%	-338.41%	-34.68%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Escalade and Lazydays, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Escalade	0	2	0	0	2.00
Lazydays	1	0	0	0	1.00

Summary

Escalade beats Lazydays on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Escalade

Escalade, Incorporated, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, imports, and sells sporting goods in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company provides various sporting goods brands in basketball goals, archery, indoor and outdoor game recreation, and fitness products. It offers archery products under the Bear Archery, Trophy Ridge, Whisker Biscuit, Cajun Bowfishing, Karnage, SIK, BearX, and Bear Traditional brand names; table tennis products under the STIGA and Ping-Pong brands; basketball goals under the Goalrilla, Goaliath, Silverback, Hoopstar, and Goalsetter brand names; and pickleball under the Onix, DURA, and Pickleball Now brands. The company also provides play systems under the Woodplay, Jack & June, and Childlife brands; fitness products under the STEP, Lifeline, Kettleworx, Natural Fitness, USW, and PER4M brand names; safety products under the USWeight brand; hockey and soccer game tables under the Triumph Sports, Atomic, American Legend, Air Hockey, and HJ Scott brands; and billiard tables and accessories under the American Heritage Billiards, Brunswick Billiards, Gold Crown, Centennial, Cue&Case, Lucasi, Mizerak, PureX, Rage, Players, Minnesota Fats, and Mosconi brand names. In addition, it offers darting products under the Unicorn, Winmau, DMI, Prodigy, Arachnid, Accudart, and Nodor brands; water sports products under the RAVE Sports brand; and outdoor game products under the Victory Tailgate, Triumph Sports, ACL, and Zume Games brand names. The company provides its products through sporting goods retailers, specialty dealers, online retailers, direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, traditional department stores, and mass merchants. Escalade, Incorporated was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Evansville, Indiana.

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.