Best Leisure Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top leisure stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best leisure stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Leisure
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Leisure is Zen Rated B and is the 45th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries
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Ticker
Company
Zen Rating
Financials
Market Cap
ROE
ROA
ROCE
ROIC
D/E
Current Ratio
Gross Margin
Profit Margin
Operating Margin
ESCA
ESCALADE INC
$285.78M13.10%10.10%16.25%23.90%0.283.2128.20%9.50%12.63%
JAKK
JAKKS PACIFIC INC
$291.16M6.50%3.60%8.37%9.30%0.811.7232.10%2.80%4.10%
FNKO
FUNKO INC
$332.60M-1.10%-0.30%6.16%7.20%2.481.1644.90%-0.20%2.76%
PTON
PELOTON INTERACTIVE INC
$2.46B-24.00%3.00%12.21%9.20%-15.722.8452.60%2.60%7.64%
GOLF
ACUSHNET HOLDINGS CORP
$5.28B26.00%8.90%16.82%15.90%1.792.5549.10%8.10%12.91%
CALY
CALLAWAY GOLF CO
$3.01B-11.90%-5.10%-9.11%-6.50%0.293.0411.10%-22.80%-18.68%
CLAR
CLARUS CORP
$145.88M-15.50%-12.20%-18.59%-29.10%0.294.4536.70%-12.40%-15.86%
JOUT
JOHNSON OUTDOORS INC
$493.59M-1.90%-1.30%5.32%7.20%0.513.3739.70%-1.20%4.15%
YETI
YETI HOLDINGS INC
$3.85B22.50%12.60%23.12%31.20%0.852.1057.00%8.40%11.12%
HAS
HASBRO INC
$13.69B132.10%13.80%27.64%23.70%7.271.6672.40%16.00%24.02%
AS
AMER SPORTS INC
$19.12B7.70%4.70%9.39%20.30%0.481.6658.20%6.50%10.70%
OSW
ONESPAWORLD HOLDINGS LTD
$2.64B14.50%11.20%13.43%43.10%0.252.9116.80%8.00%8.93%
PLBY
PLAYBOY INC
$162.94M1.50%0.10%3.80%4.50%12.070.7972.70%0.20%6.48%
LTH
LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS INC
$9.79B13.10%5.10%8.24%6.30%1.530.6636.70%13.00%19.91%
PLNT
PLANET FITNESS INC
$3.62B-53.70%7.80%17.35%10.90%-5.911.5850.60%16.90%32.12%
MSGE
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ENTERTAINMENT CORP
$3.75B3,983.30%2.70%10.11%5.80%39.770.7244.60%4.80%11.95%
MAT
MATTEL INC
$4.29B19.90%6.60%12.28%12.70%2.181.9047.50%7.80%11.33%
PRKS
UNITED PARKS & RESORTS INC
$2.00B-27.80%5.00%14.65%7.30%-5.280.4844.50%8.10%18.96%
TRON
TRON INC
$692.60M2.70%2.70%2.78%3.60%0.0130.9025.80%113.00%144.58%
FUN
SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
$1.63B-449.50%-22.70%-23.15%-15.50%63.810.4238.20%-57.30%-46.36%
XPOF
XPONENTIAL FITNESS INC
$240.21MN/A-12.80%5.66%2.50%-2.130.7566.60%-14.80%4.25%
PUSA
AUREUS GREENWAY HOLDINGS INC
$76.26M-17.50%-16.60%-12.66%-51.50%0.0444.3443.50%-167.60%-172.21%
LUCK
LUCKY STRIKE ENTERTAINMENT CORP
$898.97MN/A-2.80%6.03%3.50%-9.630.5034.70%-7.30%14.70%
NWTG
NEWTON GOLF COMPANY INC
$5.56M-476.80%-184.20%775.61%11,089.20%-2.730.4254.70%-103.00%-103.66%
GDHG
GOLDEN HEAVEN GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
$25.64M-2.70%-2.20%-1.26%-4.30%0.313.0558.10%-39.80%-24.30%
NOMA
NOMADAR CORP
$40.63M-53.80%-30.80%-32.59%-38.80%0.630.3672.20%-356.80%-335.16%
DOGZ
DOGNESS (INTERNATIONAL) CORP
$13.49M-10.00%-8.00%-9.13%-9.20%0.201.7515.20%-51.80%-59.70%
KMRK
K-TECH SOLUTIONS CO LTD
$25.11M-11.30%-5.70%-5.68%-53.30%0.463.9513.60%-3.50%-2.79%
YYAI
AIRWA INC
$86.30k4.30%3.90%3.05%30.20%0.075.0344.80%27.20%35.75%
MMA
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS GROUP LTD
$5.32MN/AN/AN/AN/A1.940.78N/AN/AN/A
HWH
HWH INTERNATIONAL INC
$10.20M-103.90%-57.40%-92.58%-156.80%0.631.82-28.30%437.60%439.52%

Leisure Stocks FAQ

What are the best leisure stocks to buy right now in Aug 2026?

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. Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA)


Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) is the #1 top leisure stock out of 31 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

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

Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 26 points higher than the leisure industry average of 31.

ESCA passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Escalade has seen its stock return 69.61% over the past year, overperforming other leisure stocks by 162 percentage points.

2. Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK)


Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) is the #2 top leisure stock out of 31 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

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

Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 15 points higher than the leisure industry average of 31.

JAKK passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Jakks Pacific has seen its stock return 54.56% over the past year, overperforming other leisure stocks by 147 percentage points.

Jakks Pacific has an average 1 year price target of $30.00, an upside of 17.92% from Jakks Pacific's current stock price of $25.44.

Jakks Pacific stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst 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.

3. Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO)


Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) is the #3 top leisure stock out of 31 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

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

Funko (NASDAQ:FNKO) has a Due Diligence Score of 23, which is -8 points lower than the leisure industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates FNKO as a "B".

FNKO passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Funko has seen its stock return 112.54% over the past year, overperforming other leisure stocks by 205 percentage points.

Funko has an average 1 year price target of $7.00, an upside of 18.04% from Funko's current stock price of $5.93.

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.

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. Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK)


Jakks Pacific (NASDAQ:JAKK) has an annual dividend yield of 3.93%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the leisure industry average of 2.48%. Jakks Pacific's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Jakks Pacific's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Jakks Pacific's dividend payout ratio of 69.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK)


Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK) has an annual dividend yield of 3.57%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the leisure industry average of 2.48%.

Lucky Strike Entertainment's dividend payout ratio of -35.9% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA)


Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) has an annual dividend yield of 2.9%, which is the same as the leisure industry average of 2.48%. Escalade's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Escalade's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Escalade's dividend payout ratio of 36.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are leisure stocks down?

Leisure stocks were down -0.38% in the last day, and down -4.09% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why leisure stocks are down.

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. Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT)


Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) 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.

Mattel has a valuation score of 71, which is 50 points higher than the leisure industry average of 21. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mattel's stock has dropped -13.27% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the leisure industry by 79 percentage points.

2. Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT)


Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) 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.

Planet Fitness has a valuation score of 14, which is -7 points higher than the leisure industry average of 21. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates PLNT a Valuation Rating of "B".

Planet Fitness's stock has dropped -54.74% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the leisure industry by 37 percentage points.

3. Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON)


Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) 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.

Peloton Interactive has a valuation score of 43, which is 22 points higher than the leisure industry average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Peloton Interactive's stock has dropped -32.12% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the leisure industry by 60 percentage points.

Are leisure stocks a good buy now?

44.44% of leisure stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect leisure stocks to rise by 18.21% over the next year.

4.35% of leisure stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.74% of leisure stocks are rated B (Buy), 56.52% are rated C (Hold), 13.04% are rated D (Sell), and 4.35% 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 24.87x.
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