OneSpaWorld (NASDAQ:OSW – Get Free Report) and Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality (NYSE:PRSU – Get Free Report) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.
Volatility & Risk
OneSpaWorld has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares OneSpaWorld and Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OneSpaWorld | 7.85% | 18.00% | 13.77% |
| Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality | 6.19% | 5.30% | 3.54% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OneSpaWorld | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 |
OneSpaWorld presently has a consensus price target of $29.20, indicating a potential upside of 1.81%. Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality has a consensus price target of $47.00, indicating a potential downside of 15.34%. Given OneSpaWorld’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe OneSpaWorld is more favorable than Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares OneSpaWorld and Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OneSpaWorld | $961.00 million | 3.03 | $71.62 million | $0.75 | 38.24 |
| Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality | $452.42 million | 3.35 | $22.67 million | $0.99 | 56.08 |
OneSpaWorld has higher revenue and earnings than Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality. OneSpaWorld is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
96.0% of OneSpaWorld shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of OneSpaWorld shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
OneSpaWorld beats Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About OneSpaWorld
OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited operates health and wellness centers onboard cruise ships and at destination resorts worldwide. Its health and wellness centers offer services, such as traditional body, salon, and skin care services and products; self-service fitness facilities, specialized fitness classes, and personal fitness training; pain management, detoxifying programs, and body composition analyses; weight management programs and products; and medi-spa services. The company also provides its guests access to beauty and wellness brands, including ELEMIS, Grown Alchemist, Kérastase, Dysport, Restylane, Thermage, CoolSculpting, truSculpt 3D, truSculpt iD, Good Feet, and Hyperice with various brands offered in the cruise market. The company is based in Nassau, Bahamas.
About Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality
Pursuit Attractions & Hospitality, Inc. engages in the provision of hospitality and leisure activities, experiential marketing, and live events. It operates through the following segments: Pursuit, Spiro, and GES Exhibitions. The Pursuit segment provides travel experiences that include recreational attractions, unique hotels and lodges, food and beverage, retail, sightseeing, and ground transportation services. The Spiro segment is an experiential marketing agency that partners with brands around the world to manage and elevate their global experiential marketing activities. The GES Exhibitions segment is a global exhibition services company that partners with exhibition and conference organizers as a full-service provider of strategic and logistics solutions to manage the complexity of their shows. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.
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