Entain (ENT) Competitors

Paddy Power Betfair (LON:PPB) and Entain (LON:ENT) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PPB or ENT?

Paddy Power Betfair has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paddy Power Betfair	£1.87B	2.53	N/A	£240.40	23.61
Entain	£4.91B	0.96	-£416.60M	-£0.64	-1,148.44

Is PPB or ENT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paddy Power Betfair	N/A	N/A	N/A
Entain	-9.58%	-14.59%	2.20%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PPB or ENT?

73.3% of Entain shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Entain shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PPB or ENT a better dividend stock?

Paddy Power Betfair pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Entain pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Paddy Power Betfair pays out 0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Entain pays out -2,968.8% 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.

Do analysts recommend PPB or ENT?

Entain has a consensus target price of GBX 1,025.80, indicating a potential upside of 39.56%. Given Entain's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Entain is more favorable than Paddy Power Betfair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paddy Power Betfair	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Entain	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PPB or ENT?

Paddy Power Betfair received 196 more outperform votes than Entain when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 96.23% of users gave Entain an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave Paddy Power Betfair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paddy Power Betfair	Outperform Votes 298 63.68%	Underperform Votes 170 36.32%
Entain	Outperform Votes 102 96.23%	Underperform Votes 4 3.77%

Does the media favor PPB or ENT?

In the previous week, Entain had 1 more articles in the media than Paddy Power Betfair. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Entain and 0 mentions for Paddy Power Betfair. Entain's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Paddy Power Betfair's score of 0.00 indicating that Entain is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Paddy Power Betfair	Neutral
Entain	Positive

Summary

Entain beats Paddy Power Betfair on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.