Premier Foods (PFD) Competitors

Premier Foods (LON:PFD) and Unite Group (LON:UTG) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.

Do analysts prefer PFD or UTG?

Premier Foods currently has a consensus price target of GBX 210, suggesting a potential upside of 14.71%. Unite Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,102.33, suggesting a potential upside of 31.54%. Given Unite Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Premier Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Premier Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Unite Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is PFD or UTG more profitable?

Unite Group has a net margin of 76.10% compared to Premier Foods' net margin of 9.89%. Premier Foods' return on equity of 8.23% beat Unite Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Premier Foods	9.89%	8.23%	4.78%
Unite Group	76.10%	6.72%	2.50%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PFD or UTG?

Unite Group received 86 more outperform votes than Premier Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Premier Foods an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Premier Foods	Outperform Votes 405 68.18%	Underperform Votes 189 31.82%
Unite Group	Outperform Votes 491 65.91%	Underperform Votes 254 34.09%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PFD or UTG?

Unite Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Premier Foods. Unite Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier Foods, 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
Premier Foods	£1.14B	1.38	£112.50M	£0.13	1,408.28
Unite Group	£358.10M	11.43	£272.50M	£0.61	1,373.77

Is PFD or UTG a better dividend stock?

Premier Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Premier Foods pays out 1,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Unite Group pays out 5,901.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, PFD or UTG?

Premier Foods has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PFD or UTG?

In the previous week, Unite Group had 3 more articles in the media than Premier Foods. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Unite Group and 1 mentions for Premier Foods. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Unite Group's score of 0.47 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Premier Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Unite Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PFD or UTG?

48.7% of Premier Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Unite Group shares are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Premier Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Unite Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Unite Group beats Premier Foods on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.