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Best Leisure Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top leisure stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best leisure stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Leisure

Overview Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast

Leisure is Zen Rated C and is the 68th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Market Cap	Price	Price Target	Upside/Downside	Consensus	Analysts	Fore. Revenue Growth	Fore. Earnings Growth	Forecast ROE	Forecast ROA
JAKK	JAKKS PACIFIC INC	$215.01M	$19.29	$40.00	107.36%	Strong Buy	2	-0.85%	-6.07%	17.82%	10.30%
FNKO	FUNKO INC	$218.69M	$4.01	$12.50	211.72%	Buy	2	14.00%	N/A	11.70%	3.86%
ESCA	ESCALADE INC	$207.54M	$15.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.69%	5.74%
MAT	MATTEL INC	$5.24B	$15.89	$27.00	69.92%	Strong Buy	3	1.36%	2.00%	23.68%	8.19%
HAS	HASBRO INC	$8.64B	$61.90	$78.00	26.01%	Strong Buy	5	2.40%	29.60%	60.80%	11.36%
AS	AMER SPORTS INC	$12.59B	$24.25	$31.56	30.13%	Strong Buy	9	14.75%	148.03%	11.76%	6.97%
PLNT	PLANET FITNESS INC	$8.01B	$94.59	$106.00	12.06%	Strong Buy	12	10.64%	30.10%	-152.73%	10.72%
LTH	LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$6.43B	$30.66	$34.83	13.61%	Buy	9	11.95%	33.99%	13.41%	4.89%
YETI	YETI HOLDINGS INC	$2.35B	$28.55	$39.40	38.00%	Hold	10	6.16%	13.40%	27.72%	15.95%
GOLF	ACUSHNET HOLDINGS CORP	$3.97B	$66.22	$71.00	7.22%	Buy	5	2.33%	4.15%	30.62%	10.75%
OSW	ONESPAWORLD HOLDINGS LTD	$1.75B	$16.70	$20.00	19.76%	Strong Buy	2	6.80%	17.48%	20.20%	15.00%
DOGZ	DOGNESS (INTERNATIONAL) CORP	$203.31M	$15.97	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
YYAI	CONNEXA SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$13.21M	$0.91	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XPOF	XPONENTIAL FITNESS INC	$405.81M	$8.37	$12.70	51.73%	Hold	5	4.14%	N/A	-68.28%	36.66%
AGH	AUREUS GREENWAY HOLDINGS INC	$8.08M	$0.58	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PTON	PELOTON INTERACTIVE INC	$2.69B	$6.89	$8.81	27.84%	Buy	13	-1.71%	N/A	N/A	-0.18%
PLBY	PLBY GROUP INC	$103.12M	$1.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-5.60%	N/A	N/A	-1.65%
PRKS	UNITED PARKS & RESORTS INC	$2.40B	$43.65	$56.14	28.62%	Buy	7	1.73%	13.04%	-64.26%	11.53%
CLAR	CLARUS CORP	$126.21M	$3.29	$5.67	72.25%	Strong Buy	3	-3.68%	N/A	3.68%	2.91%
MSGE	MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTERTAINMENT CORP	$1.55B	$32.44	$52.50	61.84%	Buy	4	1.95%	-17.79%	884.75%	5.75%
LUCK	LUCKY STRIKE ENTERTAINMENT CORP	$1.34B	$9.40	$13.00	38.30%	Buy	2	5.12%	461.95%	-29.05%	1.61%
MODG	TOPGOLF CALLAWAY BRANDS CORP	$1.21B	$6.61	$10.40	57.34%	Buy	5	0.65%	N/A	7.01%	2.21%
FUN	SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION	$3.45B	$34.41	$46.80	36.01%	Strong Buy	10	14.48%	N/A	15.61%	3.49%
NWTG	NEWTON GOLF INC	$7.63M	$1.78	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	97.68%	N/A	-14.05%	7.46%
JOUT	JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC	$235.91M	$22.83	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.38%	N/A	5.87%	4.22%
HWH	HWH INTERNATIONAL INC	$7.64M	$1.18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
HKPD	HONG KONG PHARMA DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LTD	$11.88M	$1.08	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GDHG	GOLDEN HEAVEN GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	$1.29M	$0.30	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRM	SRM ENTERTAINMENT INC	$6.91M	$0.40	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Leisure Stocks FAQ

What are the best leisure stocks to buy right now in May 2025?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best leisure stocks to buy right now are:

1. Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK)

Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) is the #1 top leisure stock out of 29 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 26 points higher than the leisure industry average of 30.

JAKK passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Jakks Pacific has seen its stock return 2.01% over the past year, overperforming other leisure stocks by 25 percentage points.

Jakks Pacific has an average 1 year price target of $40.00, an upside of 107.36% from Jakks Pacific's current stock price of $19.29.

Jakks Pacific stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Jakks Pacific, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO)

Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) is the #2 top leisure stock out of 29 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is -9 points lower than the leisure industry average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates FNKO as a "B".

FNKO passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Funko has seen its stock lose -34.15% over the past year, underperforming other leisure stocks by -11 percentage points.

Funko has an average 1 year price target of $12.50, an upside of 211.72% from Funko's current stock price of $4.01.

Funko stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Funko, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA)

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) is the #3 top leisure stock out of 29 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 19 points higher than the leisure industry average of 30.

ESCA passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Escalade has seen its stock return 21.83% over the past year, overperforming other leisure stocks by 45 percentage points.

What are the leisure stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 8 leisure stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 leisure stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Johnson Outdoors (NASDAQ:JOUT)

Johnson Outdoors (NASDAQ:JOUT) has an annual dividend yield of 4.34%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the leisure industry average of 2.11%. Johnson Outdoors's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Johnson Outdoors's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Johnson Outdoors's dividend payout ratio of -29.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS)

Hasbro (NASDAQ:HAS) has an annual dividend yield of 3.39%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the leisure industry average of 2.11%. Hasbro's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Hasbro's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Hasbro's dividend payout ratio of 75.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. Clarus (NASDAQ:CLAR)

Clarus (NASDAQ:CLAR) has an annual dividend yield of 3.04%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the leisure industry average of 2.11%. Clarus's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Clarus's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Clarus's dividend payout ratio of -7.3% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are leisure stocks down?

Leisure stocks were down -0.72% in the last day, and up 2.6% over the last week. Jakks Pacific was the among the top losers in the leisure industry, dropping -0.87% yesterday.

JAKK stock has given up its prior gain. Jakks Pacific shares were trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results.

What are the most undervalued leisure stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued leisure stocks right now are:

1. United Parks & Resorts (NYSE:PRKS)

United Parks & Resorts (NYSE:PRKS) is the most undervalued leisure stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

United Parks & Resorts has a valuation score of 43, which is 18 points higher than the leisure industry average of 25. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

United Parks & Resorts's stock has dropped -14.11% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the leisure industry by 9 percentage points.

2. Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT)

Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) is the second most undervalued leisure stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Mattel has a valuation score of 43, which is 18 points higher than the leisure industry average of 25. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mattel's stock has dropped -13.26% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the leisure industry by 10 percentage points.

3. Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK)

Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) is the third most undervalued leisure stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Jakks Pacific has a valuation score of 71, which is 46 points higher than the leisure industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Jakks Pacific's stock has gained 2.01% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the leisure industry by 25 percentage points.

Are leisure stocks a good buy now?

44.44% of leisure stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect leisure stocks to rise by 31.39% over the next year.

4% of leisure stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 12% of leisure stocks are rated B (Buy), 72% are rated C (Hold), 8% are rated D (Sell), and 4% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the leisure industry?

The average P/E ratio of the leisure industry is 67.87x.

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