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Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.LTHCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Consumer Discretionary›Other Consumer Services

US operator of upscale athletic/wellness clubs offering fitness, personal training, spa and co-working amenities on membership.

Momentum leader 92
Mkt cap
$10.6B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
84%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$150M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
26.7×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-4.1 pp
WACC 10.2%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
117 days
3 Mar 2027
Close · USD$47.12
1D-1.3%
1W+4.5%
1M+17.0%
3M+11.0%
6M+47.6%
YTD+77.3%
1Y+85.7%
ATR %3.7%
Beta0.77
52w lowhigh3.1% off high

What Life Time does

US operator of upscale athletic/wellness clubs offering fitness, personal training, spa and co-working amenities on membership.

Collects monthly dues from members, with revenue per member lifted by personal training, kids' programs, cafe and spa spending in the same building, so pricing and usage in each club matter more than adding clubs. It went public in 2021 after years of private-equity ownership.

Products and services

  • Club memberships
  • Personal training
  • Spa/wellness services
  • LT Digital/on-demand fitness

Customers

  • Upper-income households/families

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer services
  • Premium fitness/wellness clubs
  • Membership-based athletic country clubs

What could go right

  • Premium membership growth/pricing power
  • New club expansion

What could go wrong

  • High fixed real-estate/capex costs
  • Discretionary consumer spending sensitivity

Moat: narrow (brand, installed base, switching costs). Large, amenity-rich clubs in premium real estate are costly to replicate and create membership stickiness.

Headquarters: Chanhassen, Minnesota, US · Founded: 1992 · Employees: 44,000

Named competitors

Life Time at a glance

Size Life Time (LTH) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Other Consumer Services) with a market value of $10.6B, the 747th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $47.12 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 47.6%, against +6.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 13.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.0%); the operating margin is 17.5% (peer median 16.6%).

Valuation It trades at 26.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.7× (3rd most expensive of 19).

Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.1 points below its cost of capital (10.2% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 6.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026LTH 146Peer median 110
Six months, rebased to 100: Life Time against the median of its 19 peers (local-currency closes).

Life Time financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$3.29B$3.00B$2.62B$2.22B$1.82B
Revenue growth—+14%+18%+22%—
Gross profit$1.20B$1.09B$898M$709M$475M
EBITDA$901M$801M$647M$478M$286M
Net income$419M$374M$156M$76.1M-$1.79M
Free cash flow-$207M-$21.0M$50.6M-$231M-$390M
Capital expenditure$1.12B$891M$525M$694M$591M
Total debt$4.31B$4.19B$4.02B$4.29B$4.06B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Life Time competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+50%-20%0%+20%+40%SCI9901ANDGHRBGHC2371PLNTVVVTUI1IRCTC9961VACEXPECVSAJET20780301297LRNOSWLTH6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Life Time is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%10×20×30×SCI9901ANDGHRBGHC2371PLNTVVVTUI1IRCTC9961VACEXPECVSA0780LRNOSWLTHRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Life Time is the large dot.

Life Time competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (LTH vs PLNT vs PTON)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Life Time LTH$10.6B+48%+13%17%26.7×n/a
Planet Fitness PLNT$4.56B+31%+13%31%17.3×4.8%
Peloton Interactive PTON$2.50B-1%-2%9%18.7×7.2%

How Life Time compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Life Time against its 19 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureLTHPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+17.0%+6.0%4th highest of 20
6-month return+47.6%+6.7%2nd highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-3.1%-19.0%2nd highest of 20
Revenue growth (TTM)+13.0%+12.0%9th highest of 20
Operating margin17.5%16.6%9th highest of 20
Forward P/E26.7×12.7×3rd most expensive of 19
ROIC minus cost of capital-4.1 pp+8.5 pplowest of 19
EV / EBITDA16.2×11.2×5th most expensive of 18
Net debt / EBITDA4.4×0.4×2nd most indebted of 18

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Life Time LTHUnited States$10.6B+48%+13%17%26.7×n/an/a
Service Corporation International SCIUnited States$10.0B-5%+3%22%17.5×3.4%+4.2%
New Oriental Education & Technology 9901.HKHong Kong$7.58B-3%+21%12%12.8×-16.4%+5.9%
Andersen ANDGUnited States$7.34B+78%+18%14%32.4×29.0%+18.0%
H&R Block HRBUnited States$6.45B+43%+5%24%8.4×-15.4%+2.9%
Graham GHCUnited States$5.05B+7%+4%6%16.4×8.6%+11.2%
Kakaku.com 2371.TJapan$4.63B+42%+17%27%31.3×4.6%+13.0%
Planet Fitness PLNTUnited States$4.56B+31%+13%31%17.3×4.8%+26.6%
Valvoline VVVUnited States$4.44B-2%+16%18%19.4×10.3%-6.2%
Tui TUI1.DEGermany$4.31B+17%-2%4%7.4×-2.0%+24.9%
Indian Railway Catering & Tourism IRCTC.NSIndia$3.87B-20%+15%30%24.2×28.7%+46.4%
Trip.com-s 9961.HKHong Kong$29.0B-17%+18%16%12.6×4.6%+26.9%
Marriott Vacations Worldwide VACUnited States$3.80B+43%+5%11%11.4×7.7%+11.8%
Expedia EXPEUnited States$29.6B+13%+12%17%10.6×-0.3%+23.2%
Covista CVSAUnited States$3.67B-18%+9%20%12.0×-3.7%+16.6%
Jet2 JET2.LUnited Kingdom$3.61B+34%+4%6%11.1×n/an/a
Tongcheng Travel 0780.HKHong Kong$3.38B-37%+15%17%6.1×-15.0%+25.8%
Ferrotec (An Hui) Technology Development 301297.SZChina$3.21B-30%+37%10%n/an/an/a
Stride LRNUnited States$3.15B-15%+2%19%9.5×-19.1%+10.4%
OneSpaWorld OSWUnited States$3.12B+25%+10%10%24.5×19.5%+51.4%

Questions

Who are Life Time's main competitors?
Named competitors: Equinox (private or unlisted), Planet Fitness (PLNT), Peloton Interactive (PTON), XSport Fitness (private or unlisted), Xponential Fitness (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Service Corporation International (SCI), New Oriental Education & Technology (9901.HK), Andersen (ANDG), H&R Block (HRB), Graham (GHC), Kakaku.com (2371.T).
Is Life Time expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 26.7× against a peer median of 12.7×, 3rd most expensive of 19 in its peer set.
How has Life Time stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +47.6% against +6.7% for the median peer; over one year +85.7%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.