Critical Survey: Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK) vs. Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND)

Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) and Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Lindblad Expeditions and Lucky Strike Entertainment, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lindblad Expeditions	1	1	4	0	2.50
Lucky Strike Entertainment	1	4	4	0	2.33

Lindblad Expeditions currently has a consensus target price of $21.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.58%. Lucky Strike Entertainment has a consensus target price of $11.64, indicating a potential upside of 36.17%. Given Lucky Strike Entertainment’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lucky Strike Entertainment is more favorable than Lindblad Expeditions.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.1% of Lucky Strike Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.2% of Lucky Strike Entertainment shares are owned 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Lindblad Expeditions and Lucky Strike Entertainment”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lindblad Expeditions	$771.02 million	1.51	-$29.72 million	($0.63)	-28.32
Lucky Strike Entertainment	$1.24 billion	0.95	-$10.02 million	($0.65)	-13.15

Lucky Strike Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than Lindblad Expeditions. Lindblad Expeditions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lucky Strike Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Lindblad Expeditions and Lucky Strike Entertainment’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lindblad Expeditions	-3.65%	N/A	-1.01%
Lucky Strike Entertainment	-7.09%	N/A	-2.74%

Volatility & Risk

Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lucky Strike Entertainment has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lindblad Expeditions beats Lucky Strike Entertainment on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Lindblad Expeditions

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. provides marine expedition adventures and travel experience worldwide. It operates through Lindblad and Land Experiences segment. Lindblad segment provides ship-based expeditions aboard customized, nimble, and intimately-scaled vessels, which offers up-close experiences in the planet's wild and remote places, and capitals of culture; and offers expedition ship which is equipped with state-of-the-art tools for in-depth exploration with infrastructure and ports, such as Antarctica and the Arctic, and places that accessed by a ship comprising Galápagos Islands, Alaska, Baja California's Sea of Cortez and Panama, and foster engagement activities. The Land Experiences segment comprises natural habitats, which provides over 100 different expedition itineraries in more than 45 countries across seven continents, with eco-conscious expeditions and nature-focused, and small-group tours including polar bear tours and bear adventure; and DuVine provides intimate group cycling and adventure tours around the world with local cycling experts as guides in local cultural, cuisine, and accommodations. This segment also offers off the beaten path including small group travel, led by local, and experienced guides with focus on wildlife, hiking national parks, and culture; and classical journey, a curated active small-group and private custom journeys centered around cinematic walks led by expert local guides over 50 countries across the world. In addition, it has an alliance with National Geographic Partners, LLC, which provides lecturers and National Geographic experts including photographers, marine biologists, writers, naturalists, field researchers, and film crews; and partnered with World Wildlife Fund to offer conservation travel. Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

About Lucky Strike Entertainment

Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp. engages in operating bowling centers. It offers entertainment concepts with lounge seating, arcades, food and beverage offerings, and hosting and overseeing professional and non-professional bowling tournaments and related broadcasting. The company was founded by Thomas F. Shannon in 1997 and is headquartered in Mechanicsville, VA.