BOWL vs. MANU, BATRA, SPHR, NGMS, ACEL, RSVR, AGAE, BREA, GPAK, and LYV
Should you be buying Bowlero stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bowlero include Manchester United (MANU), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), NeoGames (NGMS), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), Reservoir Media (RSVR), Allied Gaming & Entertainment (AGAE), Brera (BREA), Gamer Pakistan (GPAK), and Live Nation Entertainment (LYV). These companies are all part of the "amusement & recreation services" industry.
Bowlero (NYSE:BOWL) and Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Bowlero has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manchester United has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bowlero has higher revenue and earnings than Manchester United. Manchester United is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bowlero, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Bowlero has a net margin of 11.24% compared to Manchester United's net margin of -1.98%. Bowlero's return on equity of 330.46% beat Manchester United's return on equity.
Bowlero presently has a consensus target price of $16.57, indicating a potential upside of 33.10%. Manchester United has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.41%. Given Bowlero's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bowlero is more favorable than Manchester United.
Manchester United received 397 more outperform votes than Bowlero when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.36% of users gave Bowlero an outperform vote while only 66.88% of users gave Manchester United an outperform vote.
68.1% of Bowlero shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Manchester United shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.5% of Bowlero shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 68.6% of Manchester United shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Bowlero had 1 more articles in the media than Manchester United. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Bowlero and 7 mentions for Manchester United. Manchester United's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Bowlero's score of 0.07 indicating that Manchester United is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Bowlero beats Manchester United on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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