Premier Foods (PFD) Competitors

Unite Group (LON:UTG) and Premier Foods (LON:PFD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is UTG or PFD a better dividend stock?

Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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.

Is UTG or PFD more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unite Group	79.68%	6.45%	2.50%
Premier Foods	9.89%	8.49%	4.78%

Which has more volatility and risk, UTG or PFD?

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

Do analysts prefer UTG or PFD?

Unite Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,076, indicating a potential upside of 35.52%. Premier Foods has a consensus price target of GBX 240, indicating a potential upside of 27.93%. Given Unite Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Premier Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unite Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Premier Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, UTG or PFD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unite Group	£375.54M	10.26	£299.23M	£62.09	12.79
Premier Foods	£1.14B	1.42	£112.38M	£13.06	14.37

Does the media favor UTG or PFD?

In the previous week, Premier Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Premier Foods and 2 mentions for Unite Group. Unite Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Premier Foods'average media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unite Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Premier Foods	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Premier Foods beats Unite Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.