Financial Analysis: LAZYDAYS (NASDAQ:GORV) vs. Pool (NASDAQ:POOL)

LAZYDAYS (NASDAQ:GORV) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

89.7% of LAZYDAYS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of LAZYDAYS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

LAZYDAYS has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for LAZYDAYS and Pool, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LAZYDAYS	0	0	0	0	0.00
Pool	0	5	2	0	2.29

Pool has a consensus price target of $342.14, suggesting a potential upside of 10.12%. Given Pool’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pool is more favorable than LAZYDAYS.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LAZYDAYS	$871.56 million	0.01	-$163.71 million	($122.29)	-0.02
Pool	$5.31 billion	2.18	$434.33 million	$10.84	28.66

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

Profitability

This table compares LAZYDAYS and Pool’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LAZYDAYS	-22.06%	-139.43%	-17.47%
Pool	7.79%	30.99%	11.51%

Summary

Pool beats LAZYDAYS on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Pool

Pool Corporation distributes swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products in the United States and internationally. The company offers maintenance products, including chemicals, supplies, and pool accessories; repair and replacement parts for pool equipment, such as cleaners, filters, heaters, pumps, and lights; and building materials, such as concrete, plumbing and electrical components, functional and decorative pool surfaces, decking materials, tiles, hardscapes, and natural stones for pool installations and remodeling. It also provides pool equipment and components for new pool construction and the remodeling of existing pools; irrigation and related products, such as irrigation system components, and professional turf care equipment and supplies; commercial products, including heaters, safety equipment, commercial decking equipment, and commercial pumps and filters. In addition, the company offers fiberglass pools, and hot tubs and packaged pool kits comprising walls, liners, braces, and coping for in-ground and above-ground pools; and other pool construction and recreational products comprising discretionary recreational and related outdoor living products, such as grills and components for outdoor kitchens. It serves swimming pool remodelers and builders; specialty retailers that sell swimming pool supplies; swimming pool repair and service businesses; irrigation construction and landscape maintenance contractors; and commercial pool operators and pool contractors. Pool Corporation was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Covington, Louisiana.