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Planet Fitness, Inc. (XNYS:PLNT) In-Depth Stock/Fundamental/Options Analysis Today

Primary Facts

PLNT

Name:

PLANET FITNESS, INC. (XNYS:PLNT)

Sector:

34.14M

Industry:

Leisure

CEO:

Mr. Christopher Rondeau

Total Employees:

1,529

Our Technological Advancement Rating

Our Rating:

B

Technological advancement compared to industry is -20.97% lower

ANALYSIS OF ALL CRITICAL FACTORS & RISKS RELATED TO THE STOCK & FUNDAMENTAL/LONG-TERM ANALYSIS OF PLANET FITNESS, INC.(PLNT) AS PER DATA ANALYSIS OF LAST 3 YEARS AND COMPARISON WITH COMPETITORS/PEERS, AND LEISURE INDUSTRY. DATE: 07/09/2022

Primary Targets/Price Insights

Previous Close ($) :

65.81

One Month Price Target:

$66.26

Six Month Price Target :

$68.48

Likely Price in One Year's Time:

Ticker:

$71.15

Likely Trading Range Today Under (Normal Volatility)
 

$65.43

Price Upper limit ($) :

$66.26

Price Lower limit ($) :

Crash Risk Prep/Key Price Levels (High Volatility/Risk)

Price, as per data analysis, isn't likely to fall below:

Today:

$60.8

                                                               This week:

$54.6

                                                        This month :

$43.39

Other Primary facts

Market Cap:

5.86B

Market Cap Classification:

Mid Cap

Number of Shares

IPO Date:

90.39M

Best/Worst Daily Performance (Last 3+ Years)
 

Highest Daily Appreciation:

23.38%

-28.12%

Worst Daily Decline:

Our Options Trading Entry Points

Iron Condor entry points for options expiring in 1 week's time

Low risk (<2%) entry points

Buy Call:

Sell Call:

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$89.08

$78.42

$42.54

$53.20

Medium risk (<10%) entry points

Buy Call

Sell Call

$74.95

Buy Put:

Sell Put:

$72.68

$56.64

$58.94

These entry points can be used for other strategies, such as butterflies, straddles, etc.

Risk-Adjusted returns (Sharpe Ratio) of

PLNT

Sharpe Ratio:

1.19%

Comparison:

PLNT, is amongst the top 60% stocks with highest risk-adjusted returns

Sharpe ratio is -33.16% lower than the industry

& is -47.94% lower than the market/S&P 500 average

Average Returns/Yield of

PLNT

Daily returns:

0.05%

Weekly returns:

0.27%

Monthly returns:

1.06%

Yearly returns:

16.56%

Comparison of returns:

Average annual returns/yield (last 3 years) is -22.91% below industry average

Classification:

PLNT, is amongst the top 60% highest yielding stocks in terms of daily returns

Results of T-Test of Returns:

0.49

Statistical test of Returns:

PLNT has yielded returns statistically similar to the market

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Volatility (measured by Standard Deviation)

Daily Volatility:

3.74%

Weekly Volatility:

8.35%

Monthly Volatility:

16.71%

Yearly Volatility:

57.87%

Volitlilty of last five days (Measured by Standard Deviation) 

Average Volatility of this Week:

1.85%

Volatility in last five trading days has been -50.54% below long-term volatility

Value at Risk Analysis (VaR)

Daily VaR:

-7.62%

Weekly VaR:

-17.04%

Monthly VaR:

-34.07%

How Much Can the price of

PLNT

Decline in a Recession?

Likely price decline in a recession: 

Base case (decline):

-30%

Worst case (decline):

>85%

This translates to price declining to:

$46.38

This translates to price declining to:

$9.87

Severe Crash Probability

Risk of crash in next 6/12 months: Medium (<50%)

What is Value at Risk (VaR)?

VaR explained figure

Risk Fundamentals

PLNT is a 140.47% riskier investment compared to the market/S&P 500 & is 106.01% riskier than Nasdaq (IXIC)

Risk (measured by volatility) is 11.74% above industry average

Overall, it is amongst the top 50% most risky stocks

Beta Examination of

PLNT

Beta in relation to market/S&P 500--1.21

Expected beta in 1 year's time:

0.808

Expected beta in 3 year's time:

1.142

Unlevered (debt free) Beta:

-0.154

Beta in relation to Nasdaq (XNAS):

1.173

Beta in relation to all global stocks::

1.102

Beta Comparison & Analysis

Beta of competitors/peers::

1.622

Beta is -25.54% lower than peers

Average Industry Beta: 

1.42

Beta is -14.92% below industry average

Sustainable Growth Rate Analysis

Sustainable growth rate for this stock/firm:

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Alpha provided | Alpha Analysis 

Alpha provided:

0.013

Alpha is -63.67% below industry average alpha yield

Alpha is 85% compared to market & is healthy

Analysis of Cost of Capital of

PLNT

Equity cost of capital:

0.114

Equity cost of capital is -11.27% below industry mean WACC

Unlevered (without debt) cost of capital:  

-1.45%

Before-tax cost of debt:

3.44%

After-tax cost of debt:

2.72%

Overall debt rating:

High AA grade (second highest grade)

Weighted average cost of capital (WACC):

2.72%

WACC is -47.80% below industry mean WACC

Key Per-Share Metrics & Analysis

Revenue per share:

$7.32

Revenue growth rate per share of (3Y):

-28.2

Annual revenue growth rate is -91.48% below industry average

EPS:

$0.64

Expected Annual growth rate of  EPS (3Y):

-28.92%

Expected future EPS growth rate is -193.99% lower than the Leisure industry

Free cash flow (FCF) per share:

$1.75

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Debt per share

$25.85

EBITDA per share

$2.48

Valuation Analysis Today of

PLNT

P/E Ratio:

90.35

P/E Ratio of Competitors/Peers:

14.39

P/E ratio is 527.77% higher than main peers & is 110.59% higher than the industry

Stock price/value with industry average P/E ratio: $27.46

PLNT is 139.68% overvalued if valued using industry average P/E ratio

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P/S (Price to Sales ratio):

8.99

Price to sales ratio is 199.08% above the industry mean

P/B (Price to book value ratio):

-28.2

Price to free cash flow: 37.55

Price to free cash flow ratio is 83.09% higher than the industry

Net income growth rate (3Y):

-49.11%

Net income growth rate is -129.39% lower than the industry average net income growth rate

Dividend Analysis

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Dividend History:

--$0.00

--$0.00

--$0.00

--$0.00

--$0.00

--$0.00

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In-depth Debt & Leverage Analysis

Debt to equity ratio:

-1098.37%

Net debt to equity ratio:

-921.87%

Debt to assets ratio:

78.07%

Net debt to assets ratio:

65.53%

Debt-to-asset ratio is 21.26% above industry average

Ability to repay debt:

Interest coverage ratio:

2.68

Interest coverage ratio is -96.42% less than industry average

Looking forward:

Debt growth rate:

10.54%

Annual debt growth is -78% lower than industry average debt growth rate

Debt repayment rate in last quarter: 21.35%

Analysis of Key Statistics  

Correlation of price movement with the market:

0.627

Statistical significance of correlation:

PLNT has a statistically significant correlation with the market

Average Correlation of  the industry with the market:

0.567

Stock price is 10.52% more correlated with the market, compared to the industry average correlation

R Squared (percentage of price movement explained by movement of the market): 

0.567

Correlation of price movement with Nasdaq (^IXIC):

0.008

Covariance  of price movement with the market:

0.018

Kurtosis 

10.732

Returns have a significant fat-tails (leptokurtic), i.e., returns considerably higher or lower than the mean returns are more probable, compared to assets with normally distributed returns

Skewness of returns:

-0.17

Returns are, approximately, symmetrical

Fundamental Analysis & Dupont Analysis of

PLNT

Gross Profit Margin Ratio:

214%

Operating Profit Margin Ratio:

24.58%

Operating profit margin is 463.70% higher than the industry

Net Profit Margin Ratio:

214%

Effective Tax Rate:

19.27%

Effective tax rate is -4.57% lower than the industry

Dupont Method

Net Profit Margin

Return on Equity Ratio (ROE):

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-25.23%

Return on equity (ROE) is -202.39% lower than the industry

Financial Leverage

Asset Turnover Ratio (ROA):

1.79%

Return on assets (ROA) is -71.73% lower than the industry

Financial Leverage:

4.6x

Current Ratio:

1.89

Current ratio is -14.38% below industry average

Cash Conversion Cycle (days):

-19.4

Cash conversion cycle is -129.81% below industry average

The remaining useful life of property plant & equipment is: 3.1 years

Stock based compensation to net income ratio:

5.31%

In-depth Efficiency  Analysis

Revenue generated per employee:

432.8K

Each employee generates -41% less revenue than industry average revenue per employee

EBITDA generated per employee: 

146.7K

Each employee generates 0% more EBITDA than industry average revenue per employee

Profit generated per employee: 

35.1K

Each employee generates -52% less net income/profit than industry average revenue per employee

Free cash flow (FCF) generated per employee: 

22.3K

Each employee generates -178% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Assets/Capital per employee

1.6M

Each employee generates -178% less free cash flow than industry average revenue per employee

Research & Development (R&D) Analysis

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Competitors/Peer firms of 

PLNT

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC. (XNYS:BFAM)

BRUNSWICK CORPORATION (XNYS:BC)

PVH CORP. (XNYS:PVH)

MARRIOTT VACATIONS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION (XNYS:VAC)

TOLL BROTHERS, INC. (XNYS:TOL)

SKECHERS U.S.A., INC. (XNYS:SKX)

GILDAN ACTIVEWEAR INC. (XNYS:GIL)

BOYD GAMING CORPORATION (XNYS:BYD)

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Current Analyst Ratings

Strong buy�21%

Buy�21%

Hold�4%

Sell�0%

Strong sell�0%

Overall analyst sentiment is: Strong buy

Income Statement

Period:

TTM

Date:

3/31/22

Revenue:

661.82M

Cost of Revenue:

Gross Profit:

R&D Expense

General & Admin Expenses:

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Balance Sheet

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Calendar Year:

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Long Term Investments: 

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Retained Earnings:

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss:

Other Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Stockholders' Equity:

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity:

Total Investments:

Total Debt:

Net Debt:

308.95M

352.87M

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102.88M

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87.35M

190.23M

870.00K

83.60M

73.01M

224.28M

162.65M

53.66M

72.74M

14.02M

53.66M

Statement of Cash Flow

Date:

Period:

25.68M

Differed Income Tax :

7.15M

Stock Based Compensation :

2.85M

Change in Working Capital :

2.20M

Accounts Receivables:

14.42M

Other Working Capital:

- 6728.00K

Other Non-Cash Items:

1.75M

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

58.01M

Investments in PP&E:

- 23872.00K

Net Acquisitions:

- 425834.00K

Purchases of Investments:

-

Sales/Maturities of Investments:

Other Investing Activities:

​Net Cash Used for Investing Activities:

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Operating Cash Flow:

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Free Cash Flow (FCF):

3/31/22

2022

Q1

471.18M

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471.18M

36.18M

1.75M

106.54M

615.64M

686.47M

696.30M

475.42M

21.08M

493.83M

3.66M

2.38B

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2.99B

24.15M

95.75M

20.30M

64.18M

141.93M

326.00M

2.34B

507.59M

2.88B

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3.20B

9.00K

- 692340.00K

97.0K

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March 31, 2022 at 6:00:00 AM

499.18M

- 212699.00K

2.99B

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2.43B

2.0B

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- 449706.00K

- 634302.00K

525.00K

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957.99M

324.22M

206.00K

- 67273.00K

536.67M

603.94M

58.01M

- 23872.00K

34.14M

Our Proprietary Portfolio Rating

Our Rating:

D

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Price Forecast/Expected Price in Next 5 Years of

PLNT

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

$56.38

$60.96

$65.91

$71.26

$77.04

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