Contrasting Aristocrat Leisure (ARLUF) & Its Rivals

Aristocrat Leisure (OTCMKTS:ARLUF) is one of 383 publicly-traded companies in the “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Aristocrat Leisure to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Aristocrat Leisure and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aristocrat Leisure	N/A	N/A	-1,593.10
Aristocrat Leisure Competitors	$3.39 billion	$246.75 million	3.46

Aristocrat Leisure’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Aristocrat Leisure. Aristocrat Leisure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Aristocrat Leisure and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aristocrat Leisure	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aristocrat Leisure Competitors	-9.51%	-36.10%	1.95%

Dividends

Aristocrat Leisure pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Aristocrat Leisure pays out -534.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.5% and pay out 45.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

23.8% of Aristocrat Leisure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by institutional investors. 22.0% of shares of all “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Aristocrat Leisure and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aristocrat Leisure	0	0	1	0	3.00
Aristocrat Leisure Competitors	3630	16725	24719	856	2.50

Aristocrat Leisure currently has a consensus target price of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.54%. As a group, “Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure” companies have a potential upside of 80.97%. Given Aristocrat Leisure’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aristocrat Leisure has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Aristocrat Leisure competitors beat Aristocrat Leisure on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Aristocrat Leisure

Aristocrat Leisure Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a gaming content and technology company in Australia and internationally. The company designs, develops, assembles, distributes, sells, and services gaming content, platforms, and systems, including electronic gaming machines, casino management systems, and free-to-play mobile games. It also offers pixel united, a mobile-first games powerhouse; aristocrat gaming, a gaming content; and Anaxi, an immersive and interactive digital entertainment experience content. In addition, the company provides online money gaming services; and cabinets and gaming products. Aristocrat Leisure Limited was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in North Ryde, Australia.