Latham Group (SWIM) vs. Its Competitors Financial Comparison

Latham Group (NASDAQ:SWIM) is one of 95 publicly-traded companies in the “Leisure Products” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Latham Group to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Latham Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Latham Group	1.55%	4.70%	2.24%
Latham Group Competitors	-8.21%	-18.19%	-3.85%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Latham Group and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Latham Group	3	3	1	0	1.71
Latham Group Competitors	564	2388	3812	188	2.52

Latham Group presently has a consensus price target of $7.83, indicating a potential upside of 0.80%. As a group, “Leisure Products” companies have a potential upside of 27.34%. Given Latham Group’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Latham Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

83.9% of Latham Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Latham Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of shares of all “Leisure Products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Latham Group has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Latham Group’s peers have a beta of 1.20, meaning that their average stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Latham Group and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Latham Group	$596.91 million	$11.12 million	97.14
Latham Group Competitors	$3.02 billion	$72.16 million	574.93

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

Summary

Latham Group peers beat Latham Group on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Latham Group Company Profile

Latham Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets in-ground residential swimming pools in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. It offers a portfolio of pools and related products, including in-ground swimming pools that include fiber glass and packaged pools; and pool covers and liners under the Latham, Narellan, CoverStar, Radiant, and GLI brand names. The company was formerly known as Latham Topco, Inc. and changed its name to Latham Group, Inc. in March 2021. Latham Group, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Latham, New York.