ENT vs. PPB, WMH, PTEC, GYS, JPJ, RNK, 888, EVOK, GMR, and STR
Should you be buying Entain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entain include Paddy Power Betfair (PPB), William Hill (WMH), Playtech (PTEC), Gamesys Group (GYS), JPJ Group (JPJ), The Rank Group (RNK), 888 (888), Evoke (EVOK), Gaming Realms (GMR), and Stride Gaming (STR). These companies are all part of the "gambling" industry.
Entain vs.
Entain (LON:ENT) and Paddy Power Betfair (LON:PPB) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
Entain pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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.
In the previous week, Entain had 2 more articles in the media than Paddy Power Betfair. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Entain and 0 mentions for Paddy Power Betfair. Paddy Power Betfair's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Entain's score of -0.17 indicating that Paddy Power Betfair is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Entain currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,079.67, suggesting a potential upside of 46.24%. Given Entain's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Entain is more favorable than Paddy Power Betfair.
73.3% of Entain shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Entain shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Paddy Power Betfair received 195 more outperform votes than Entain when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 96.26% of users gave Entain an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave Paddy Power Betfair an outperform vote.
Summary
Entain beats Paddy Power Betfair on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ENT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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