PFD vs. UTG, BME, ETO, GLO, BRW, BOE, TRY, GLV, USA, and NUM
Should you be buying Premier Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Foods include Unite Group (UTG), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Entertainment One (ETO), ContourGlobal (GLO), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Boeing (BOE), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), and Numis (NUM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Premier Foods vs.
Unite Group (LON:UTG) and Premier Foods (LON:PFD) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Unite Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premier Foods has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Unite Group received 85 more outperform votes than Premier Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.12% of users gave Premier Foods an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote.
Unite Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,076, suggesting a potential upside of 25.21%. Premier Foods has a consensus target price of GBX 225, suggesting a potential upside of 23.22%. Given Unite Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Premier Foods.
In the previous week, Premier Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Premier Foods and 0 mentions for Unite Group. Unite Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Premier Foods'average media sentiment score.
Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Premier Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Unite Group pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Premier Foods pays out 15.3% 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.
81.1% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Unite Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Premier Foods shares are owned 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.
Unite Group has a net margin of 79.68% compared to Premier Foods' net margin of 9.89%. Premier Foods' return on equity of 8.49% beat Unite Group's return on equity.
Summary
Premier Foods beats Unite Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PFD) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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