Life Time Group vs United Parks & Resorts
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I put Life Time Group and United Parks & Resorts side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Life Time Group is the larger business, with $3.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.7B for United Parks & Resorts, about 1.8 times as much.
- Life Time Group grew revenue faster (14.3%, against −3.6%).
- United Parks & Resorts kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (22.0% operating margin, against 16.1%).
- United Parks & Resorts turned more of its sales into free cash flow (9.8% FCF margin, against −0.7%).
- United Parks & Resorts earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (16.1%, against 8.5%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Life Time Group’s earnings: a P/E of 23.8x against 11.8x for United Parks & Resorts.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 9 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Life Time Group
LTH
4/9
Revenue growthNet marginPiotroski F-scoreNet debt / EBITDA
United Parks & Resorts
PRKS
5/9
5-year growthOperating marginFCF marginReturn on capitalShare count change
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | LTH FY25 | PRKS FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $10.0B | $1.4B |
| Revenue | $3.0B | $1.7B |
| Free cash flow | −$21.0M | $163M |
| Net income | $374M | $168M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 14.3% | −3.6% |
| 5-year growth | 25.9% | 31.0% |
| Share count change | 6.8% | −8.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 47.6% | — |
| Operating margin | 16.1% | 22.0% |
| Net margin | 12.5% | 10.1% |
| FCF margin | −0.7% | 9.8% |
| Return on capital | 8.5% | 16.1% |
| Return on equity | 13.0% | — |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.3B | $2.1B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.7x | 4.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $160M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 23.8x | 11.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 6 |
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Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.