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Premier Foods (PFD) Competitors

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GBX 184.40 -0.40 (-0.22%)
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PFD vs. UTG, ETO, BME, 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), Entertainment One (ETO), B&M European Value Retail (BME), 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unite Group£375.54M10.45£299.23M£62.0913.03
Premier Foods£1.14B1.40£112.38M£13.0614.10

In the previous week, Premier Foods had 4 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Premier Foods and 0 mentions for Unite Group. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Unite Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Unite Group Neutral
Premier Foods Positive

Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Unite GroupOutperform Votes
491
65.91%
Underperform Votes
254
34.09%
Premier FoodsOutperform Votes
406
68.12%
Underperform Votes
190
31.88%

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 Group79.68% 6.45% 2.50%
Premier Foods 9.89%8.49%4.78%

Unite Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,076, indicating a potential upside of 33.00%. Premier Foods has a consensus target price of GBX 225, indicating a potential upside of 22.20%. Given Unite Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Premier Foods beats Unite Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PFD vs. The Competition

MetricPremier FoodsPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.59B£1.99B£6.44B£2.60B
Dividend Yield0.91%2.63%3.16%4.95%
P/E Ratio14.1010.5610.86159.16
Price / Sales1.4044.1977.60281,442.21
Price / Cash38.64123.14147.7728.00
Price / Book1.202.982.874.60
Net Income£112.38M£2.54B£998.04M£5.77B
7 Day Performance1.95%1.27%0.44%-0.09%
1 Month Performance0.72%1.08%-0.11%3.87%
1 Year Performance23.74%4.69%45.54%34.24%

Premier Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PFD
Premier Foods
2.5309 of 5 stars
GBX 184.40
-0.2%
GBX 225
+22.0%
+24.2%£1.59B£1.14B14.124,000Positive News
UTG
Unite Group
2.1604 of 5 stars
GBX 818
+0.7%
GBX 1,076
+31.5%
-16.0%£3.97B£375.54M13.171,801
ETO
Entertainment One
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.78B£928.60M-123.781,259
BME
B&M European Value Retail
3.7854 of 5 stars
GBX 275.20
+4.0%
GBX 511.67
+85.9%
-49.9%£2.77B£7.27B6.5839,484
GLO
ContourGlobal
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£2.57B1,091.301,518High Trading Volume
BRW
Brewin Dolphin
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.56B£415.46M3,029.412,186
BOE
Boeing
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 297
+0.3%
N/A-8.4%£944.06M£311.14M3.3226
GLV
Glenveagh Properties
N/AGBX 1.53
+2.3%
N/A+21.8%£848.69M£41.75B19.44502Gap Down
USA
Baillie Gifford US Growth
N/AGBX 227
-0.7%
N/A+15.2%£647.83M£89.99M7.70N/APositive News
NUM
Numis
N/AN/AN/AN/A£377.30M£130.31M17,150.00220
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This page (LON:PFD) was last updated on 3/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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