Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Leisure
Planet Fitness, Inc. PLNT
$42.41 +1.34% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.37B
Strong growthHigh qualityWeak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 14.4× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- The diluted share count fell 8.4% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Over the past year the stock returned -58.8%, behind the S&P 500 by 73.9 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 19%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 26%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 22%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 26%
- Gross marginTop 22%
- Operating marginTop 2%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Interest coverBottom 45%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 25%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 35%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 8%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 8%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 7%
- 6-month returnBottom 4%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 7%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 8%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 48%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 23%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 21%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 19%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 3%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 31%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 14.4% | 12.7% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 30.7% | 31.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 52.2% | 50.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 28.2% | 30.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 16.3% | 18.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 12.7% | 14.4% | ↓ | Top 19% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 31.1% | 30.7% | ↑ | Top 26% |
| Gross margin | 50.3% | 52.2% | ↓ | Top 22% |
| Operating margin | 30.7% | 28.2% | ↑ | Top 2% |
| Net margin | 16.9% | 15.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 18.6% | 16.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 11.5% | — | Top 26% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.2% | — | Top 15% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.82×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -7.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.35×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.01%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 20.72%
- Shareholder yield
- 20.73%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -8.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 5
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -5.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $69.18
- Target vs current price
- +63.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 29
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 69%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +3.8% | -9.5% | -14.7% | -8.7% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +17.5% | -31.2% | -20.9% | -19.7% | -12.1% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | +5.1% | -9.0% | -9.8% | -17.4% | -43.1% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +8.3% | +12.6% | +13.2% | +19.3% | -1.0% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +8.9% | -2.9% | -2.8% | -6.8% | -16.3% |
| May 8, 2025 | -4.1% | -4.6% | -3.7% | +3.4% | +8.4% |
| Feb 25, 2025 | +12.9% | -9.2% | -6.2% | +2.9% | +4.2% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | +10.3% | +11.2% | +14.4% | +18.6% | +26.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.88 | $0.85 | +3.8% | $365.2M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.74 | $0.63 | +17.5% | $337.2M |
| Feb 24, 2026 | $0.83 | $0.79 | +5.1% | $376.3M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.80 | $0.74 | +8.3% | $330.3M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.86 | $0.79 | +8.9% | $340.9M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.59 | $0.62 | -4.1% | $276.7M |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.70 | $0.62 | +12.9% | $340.4M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.64 | $0.58 | +10.3% | $292.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.4× | 44.8× | 0th | Top 25% |
| P/E (forward) | 13.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.8× | — | — | Top 31% |
| EV / Sales | 4.28× | — | — | Bottom 8% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.77% | — | — | Top 35% |
| Earnings yield | 6.96% | — | — | Top 25% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.9× – 238.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -58.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +31.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -62.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -15.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -37.5%
- RSI (14)
- 35.7
- Relative volume
- 0.62×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 45.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 84th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.29
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.11
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -62.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -64.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2025 | Sep 28, 2026 | -64.3% | 298 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Sep 26, 2023 | -53.7% | 472 days | 286 days (Nov 13, 2024) |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021 | -22.2% | 123 days | 54 days (Nov 4, 2021) |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Feb 25, 2025 | -17.4% | 17 days | 94 days (Jul 11, 2025) |
| Nov 9, 2020 | Nov 20, 2020 | -15.1% | 9 days | 22 days (Dec 23, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.37B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.95
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.41B
- 52-week range
- $37.03 – $114.26
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $587.0M | $936.8M | $1.07B | $1.18B | $1.32B |
| Gross profit | $315.9M | $474.0M | $557.6M | $615.0M | $1.09B |
| Operating income | $143.4M | $230.1M | $272.9M | $324.2M | $394.7M |
| Net income | $42.8M | $99.4M | $138.3M | $172.0M | $219.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.51 | $1.18 | $1.62 | $2.00 | $2.62 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $292.2M | $340.4M | $276.7M | $340.9M | $330.3M | $376.3M | $337.2M | $365.2M |
| Net income | $42.0M | $47.1M | $41.9M | $58.0M | $58.8M | $60.4M | $51.6M | $67.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.50 | $0.56 | $0.50 | $0.69 | $0.70 | $0.73 | $0.65 | $0.87 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $189.3M | $240.2M | $330.3M | $343.9M | $418.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$54.1M | -$100.1M | -$136.0M | -$155.1M | -$163.7M |
| Free cash flow | $135.2M | $140.2M | $194.3M | $188.8M | $254.8M |
| Dividends paid | -$750,000 | -$4.6M | -$4.6M | -$4.8M | -$1.5M |
| Net share buybacks | $8.2M | -$93.4M | -$115.9M | -$278.3M | -$498.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $400.8M
- Total assets
- $3.00B
- Total liabilities
- $3.62B
- Total debt
- $2.96B
- Net debt
- $2.67B
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$614.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2016 | $2.78 | Dec 5, 2016 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,951,092
- Days to cover
- 5.16
- Change vs previous report
- +7.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.