Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) versus Beachbody (NASDAQ:BODI) Head-To-Head Survey

Beachbody (NASDAQ:BODI) and Grand Canyon Education (NASDAQ:LOPE) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Beachbody and Grand Canyon Education”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beachbody	$251.73 million	0.13	-$2.86 million	$1.63	2.71
Grand Canyon Education	$1.11 billion	3.81	$216.17 million	$8.27	19.54

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

74.5% of Beachbody shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by institutional investors. 42.4% of Beachbody shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Grand Canyon Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Beachbody and Grand Canyon Education, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beachbody	1	2	3	0	2.33
Grand Canyon Education	0	1	3	0	2.75

Beachbody presently has a consensus target price of $14.33, indicating a potential upside of 225.02%. Grand Canyon Education has a consensus target price of $160.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.57%. Given Beachbody’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Beachbody is more favorable than Grand Canyon Education.

Profitability

This table compares Beachbody and Grand Canyon Education’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beachbody	5.68%	44.34%	9.87%
Grand Canyon Education	19.63%	36.62%	26.87%

Risk & Volatility

Beachbody has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grand Canyon Education has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Grand Canyon Education beats Beachbody on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Beachbody

The Beachbody Company, Inc. operates as a subscription health and wellness company that provides fitness, nutrition, and stress-reducing programs in the United States and internationally. The company operates Beachbody on Demand, a digital subscription platform that provides access to a library of live and on-demand fitness and nutrition content; and Beachbody on Demand Interactive (BODi) for live fitness and nutrition programs. It also offers nutritional products, such as Shakeology, a nutrition shake; Beachbody Performance supplements comprising pre-workout energize, hydrate, post-workout recover, and protein supplement recharge products; BEACHBAR, a low-sugar snack bar; supplements under the LADDER brand; connected fitness products; and BODi Bike Studio, a package subscription to BODi with a bike and accessories. The Beachbody Company, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

About Grand Canyon Education

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. provides education services to colleges and universities in the United States. It offers technology services, including learning management system, internal administration, infrastructure, and support services; academic services, such as program and curriculum, faculty and related training and development, class scheduling, and skills and simulation lab sites; and counseling services and support services comprising admission, financial aid, and field experience and other counseling services. The company also offers marketing and communication services that include lead acquisition, digital communications strategy, brand identity, media planning and strategy, video, business intelligence and data science, and market research services; and back-office services consisting of finance and accounting, human resources, audit, and procurement services. In addition, it provides education services to 25 university partners. Grand Canyon Education, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.