Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. vs MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTERTAINMENT CORP., two Entertainment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LTH and MSGE diverge most: on operating margin, LTH reads 17.3% and MSGE reads -4.4%; on fcf yield, LTH reads -1.6% and MSGE reads 9.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LTH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LTH | MSGE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $40.60 | $80.86 |
| Market cap | $9.2B | $3.9B |
| Sector | Entertainment | Entertainment |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +22.2% | — |
| P/E | 22.1 | 58.6 |
| P/B | 2.80 | 85.01 |
| P/S | 2.90 | 3.67 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.1 | 21.1 |
| Revenue growth | +12.7% | +14.0% |
| Operating margin | 17.3% | -4.4% |
| Net margin | 13.0% | 6.2% |
| Return on equity | 12.6% | 144.6% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 3.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.6% | 18.1% |
| FCF yield | -1.6% | 9.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | 12.47 |
| Current ratio | 0.66 | 0.70 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.53 | 1.79 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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