Contrasting WOWI (OTCMKTS:WOWU) and Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN)

Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN) and WOWI (OTCMKTS:WOWU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Cedar Fair and WOWI, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cedar Fair	1	1	12	0	2.79
WOWI	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cedar Fair presently has a consensus price target of $56.21, suggesting a potential upside of 27.76%. Given Cedar Fair’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cedar Fair is more favorable than WOWI.

Volatility and Risk

Cedar Fair has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WOWI has a beta of -27.91, indicating that its share price is 2,891% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cedar Fair shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.0% of WOWI shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Cedar Fair and WOWI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cedar Fair	0.99%	113.05%	2.41%
WOWI	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cedar Fair and WOWI”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cedar Fair	$1.80 billion	2.45	$124.56 million	($0.64)	-68.75
WOWI	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cedar Fair has higher revenue and earnings than WOWI.

Summary

Cedar Fair beats WOWI on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cedar Fair

Cedar Fair, L.P. owns and operates amusement and water parks, as well as complementary resort facilities. Its amusement parks include Cedar Point located on Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo in Sandusky, Ohio; Knott's Berry Farm near Los Angeles, California; Canada's Wonderland near Toronto, Ontario; Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio; Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina; Kings Dominion situated near Richmond, Virginia; California's Great America located in Santa Clara, California; Dorney Park in Pennsylvania; Worlds of Fun located in Kansas City, Missouri; Valleyfair situated near Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Michigan's Adventure situated near Muskegon, Michigan; Schlitterbahn Waterpark & Resort New Braunfels in New Braunfels, Texas; and Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston in Galveston, Texas. The company also owns and operates the Castaway Bay Indoor Waterpark Resort, Hotel Breakers, Cedar Point's Express Hotel, and Sawmill Creek Resort. Cedar Fair, L.P. was founded in 1983 and is based in Sandusky, Ohio.

About WOWI

WOWI, Inc., an early-stage company, engages in the business of licensing technology and intellectual property to operators and businesses in the legal cannabis industry in the United States. The company also provides packaging and labeling, as well as equipment and real property leasing services to various companies. In addition, it offers a plethora of consulting services, including proper business structure and management services in the legal cannabis space serving cultivations, growers, extractors, and dispensaries that operate legally in states that has legal medicinal and/or recreational legislation. The company is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado.