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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,076, suggesting a potential upside of 26.37%. Premier Foods has a consensus price target of GBX 225, suggesting a potential upside of 15.38%. Given Unite Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Premier Foods.
In the previous week, Unite Group and Unite Group both had 1 articles in the media. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Unite Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premier Foods has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 1.0%. 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.
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.
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.
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 4/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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