3 Reasons to Avoid PRSU and 1 Stock to Buy Instead

While the S&P 500 is up 23.2% since April 2025, Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality (currently trading at $36.69 per share) has lagged behind, posting a return of 16.5%. This may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.

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Why Is Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality Not Exciting?

We're sitting this one out for now. Here are three reasons you should be careful with PRSU and a stock we'd rather own.

1. Revenue Spiraling Downwards

A company’s long-term sales performance is one signal of its overall quality. Any business can experience short-term success, but top-performing ones enjoy sustained growth for years. Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality struggled to consistently generate demand over the last five years as its sales dropped at a 16.4% annual rate. This wasn’t a great result and is a sign of lacking business quality.

2. Mediocre Free Cash Flow Margin Limits Reinvestment Potential

Free cash flow isn't a prominently featured metric in company financials and earnings releases, but we think it's telling because it accounts for all operating and capital expenses, making it tough to manipulate. Cash is king.

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality has shown poor cash profitability over the last two years, giving the company limited opportunities to return capital to shareholders. Its free cash flow margin averaged 1.4%, lousy for a consumer discretionary business.

3. Previous Growth Initiatives Have Lost Money

Growth gives us insight into a company’s long-term potential, but how capital-efficient was that growth? A company’s ROIC explains this by showing how much operating profit it makes compared to the money it has raised (debt and equity).

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality’s five-year average ROIC was negative 3.1%, meaning management lost money while trying to expand the business. Its returns were among the worst in the consumer discretionary sector.

Final Judgment

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality’s business quality ultimately falls short of our standards. With its shares trailing the market in recent months, the stock trades at 32.2× forward P/E (or $36.69 per share). This valuation multiple is fair, but we don’t have much faith in the company. We're fairly confident there are better investments elsewhere. We’d suggest looking at the most entrenched endpoint security platform on the market.

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