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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.

Does the media refer more to PFD or UTG?

In the previous week, Premier Foods and Premier Foods both had 1 articles in the media. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Unite Group'saverage media sentiment score.

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)	Neutral
Unite Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate PFD or UTG?

Premier Foods currently has a consensus price target of GBX 210, indicating a potential upside of 10.88%. Unite Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,084.25, indicating a potential upside of 24.06%. Given Unite Group's higher possible 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)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	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 preferable earnings and valuation, 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	1.43	£112.50M	£0.13	1,456.92
Unite Group	£358.10M	11.92	£272.50M	£0.61	1,432.79

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

48.7% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Premier Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Unite Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 4.1%. 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 risk & volatility, PFD or UTG?

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

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%

Summary

Unite Group beats Premier Foods on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.