ENT vs. PPB, WMH, GYS, RNK, JPJ, 888, EVOK, GMR, STR, and BOTB
Should you be buying Entain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entain include Paddy Power Betfair (PPB), William Hill (WMH), Gamesys Group (GYS), The Rank Group (RNK), JPJ Group (JPJ), 888 (888), Evoke (EVOK), Gaming Realms (GMR), Stride Gaming (STR), and Best of the Best (BOTB). These companies are all part of the "gambling" industry.
Entain vs. Its Competitors
Entain (LON:ENT) and Paddy Power Betfair (LON:PPB) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.
Entain currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,136, suggesting a potential upside of 13.52%. Given Entain's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Entain is more favorable than Paddy Power Betfair.
In the previous week, Entain had 15 more articles in the media than Paddy Power Betfair. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Entain and 0 mentions for Paddy Power Betfair. Entain's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Paddy Power Betfair's score of 0.00 indicating that Entain is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paddy Power Betfair has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Entain's net margin of -9.58%. Paddy Power Betfair's return on equity of 0.00% beat Entain's return on equity.
73.3% of Entain shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Entain shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Entain pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Paddy Power Betfair pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Entain pays out -25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paddy Power Betfair pays out 0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Entain is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Paddy Power Betfair has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Entain. Entain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paddy Power Betfair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Entain beats Paddy Power Betfair on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:ENT) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
