Life Time operates a fitness membership business delivering three of its last four quarters above consensus with a positive technical backdrop, but free cash flow is deeply negative relative to net income, revenue is heavily concentrated in dues and enrollment fees, and with only 5.1% headroom to the analyst target and a reward-to-risk ratio below 1, the current entry point offers insufficient upside relative to the potential drawdown.
Thesis pillars
- Earnings Beat Streak Delivery→Stable
- Negative Free Cash Flow Quality→Stable
- Membership Revenue Concentration Risk→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. (LTH) Stock Analysis
Consumer Cyclical · Leisure
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $45.26, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Product: membership dues and enrollment fees (72.0%); Thin upside margin: 4.6%.
Life Time operates 189 resort-like athletic country clubs across 31 U.S. states and Canada, serving nearly 1.6 million individual members across approximately 873,000 memberships. Subscription membership dues and enrollment fees represent over 72% of Center revenue, with average... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $45.26, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Product: membership dues and enrollment fees (72.0%); Thin upside margin: 4.6%. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Multiple concerning factors. Consider reducing position. | News modifier +2 (SELL_IF_HOLDING → HOLD_IF_HOLDING) Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 5/8 gates (positive momentum, news boost analyst 0.70, earnings proximity 79d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and clean insider activity. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-08-15Recent Developments — Life Time Group Holdings, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Life Time Group and Strategy have been highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail positive
- NEWS Bull of the Day: Life Time Group Holdings (LTH) - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail positive
- NEWS Bull of the Day: Life Time Group Holdings (LTH) - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- NEWS Bull of the Day: Life Time Group Holdings (LTH) - finance.yahoo.com — finance.yahoo.com positive
- NEWS Life Time Group and Strategy have been highlighted as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day - tradingview.com — tradingview.com positive
Generated 2026-08-15T13:12:18Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHProductmembership dues and enrollment fees72%10-K Item 1: 'our membership dues and enrollment fees now representing over 72% of our total Center revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-05-20Item 5.02LOWDirector Andres Small resigned effective May 20, 2026; replaced by Rachael Wagner appointed as independent Class III director with term expiring at 2027 annual meeting. Board remains at 12 members, 10 independent.SEC filing →
- 2026-03-11Item 5.02LOWDirector Alejandro Santo Domingo gave notice of intention to resign from Board effective March 31, 2026. No successor named. No reason cited.SEC filing →
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $45.26, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Concentration risk — Product: membership dues and enrollment fees (72.0%); Thin upside margin: 4.6%. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Multiple concerning factors. Consider reducing position. | News modifier +2 (SELL_IF_HOLDING → HOLD_IF_HOLDING) Target $47.35 (+4.6%), stop $42.09 (−7.5%), A.R:R 0.5:1. Score 5.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $47.35 (+4.6% upside). Target $47.35 (+4.6%), stop $42.09 (−7.5%), A.R:R 0.5:1. Stop-loss: $42.09.
Concentration risk — Product: membership dues and enrollment fees (72.0%); Thin upside margin: 4.6%; Near 52-week high (4.2% away).
Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. trades at a P/E of 24.7 (forward 22.3). TrendMatrix value score: 5.2/10. Verdict: Hold.
19 analysts cover LTH with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $54.
What does Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. do?Life Time operates 189 resort-like athletic country clubs across 31 U.S. states and Canada, serving nearly 1.6 million...
Life Time operates 189 resort-like athletic country clubs across 31 U.S. states and Canada, serving nearly 1.6 million individual members across approximately 873,000 memberships. Subscription membership dues and enrollment fees represent over 72% of Center revenue, with average annual revenue per center membership of $3,531 in 2025. The company employs over 44,000 team members and targets affluent suburban and urban markets.