Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) versus Vision Marine Technologies (NASDAQ:VMAR) Head to Head Review

Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) and Vision Marine Technologies (NASDAQ:VMAR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Peloton Interactive and Vision Marine Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peloton Interactive	1	8	7	1	2.47
Vision Marine Technologies	1	0	0	0	1.00

Peloton Interactive presently has a consensus target price of $8.78, suggesting a potential upside of 102.28%. Given Peloton Interactive’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Peloton Interactive is more favorable than Vision Marine Technologies.

Risk & Volatility

Peloton Interactive has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vision Marine Technologies has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Peloton Interactive and Vision Marine Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peloton Interactive	-2.09%	N/A	-2.39%
Vision Marine Technologies	-84.38%	-240.59%	-59.56%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.0% of Peloton Interactive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.8% of Vision Marine Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Peloton Interactive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.4% of Vision Marine Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Peloton Interactive and Vision Marine Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Peloton Interactive	$2.49 billion	0.73	-$118.90 million	($0.13)	-33.38
Vision Marine Technologies	$13.83 million	0.03	-$21.65 million	($376.00)	-0.01

Vision Marine Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Peloton Interactive. Peloton Interactive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vision Marine Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Peloton Interactive beats Vision Marine Technologies on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Vision Marine Technologies

Vision Marine Technologies Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and rents electric boats in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It offers e-motion electric powertrain technology; e-motion electric outboard powertrain system; electric boats; maintenance, repair, and customer support services; as well as manufactures customized boats. The company also provides its products through website and distributors. It serves original equipment manufacturers, retail customer, boat clubs, and boat rental operations. The company was formerly known as Riopel Marine Inc. and changed its name to Vision Marine Technologies Inc. in April 2020. Vision Marine Technologies Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Boisbriand, Canada.