Head to Head Contrast: WOWI (OTCMKTS:WOWU) versus Cedar Fair (NYSE:FUN)

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

64.7% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.0% of WOWI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Cedar Fair shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares WOWI and Cedar Fair”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WOWI	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cedar Fair	$1.80 billion	2.49	$124.56 million	($0.64)	-69.89

Cedar Fair has higher revenue and earnings than WOWI.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for WOWI and Cedar Fair, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

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

Cedar Fair has a consensus price target of $56.21, suggesting a potential upside of 25.68%. Given Cedar Fair’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cedar Fair is more favorable than WOWI.

Profitability

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

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

Risk and Volatility

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

Summary

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

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.

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.