UTG vs. ETO, BME, GLO, BRW, PFD, BOE, TRY, GLV, USA, and NUM
Should you be buying Unite Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unite Group include Entertainment One (ETO), B&M European Value Retail (BME), ContourGlobal (GLO), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Premier Foods (PFD), 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.
Unite Group vs.
Unite Group (LON:UTG) and Entertainment One (LON:ETO) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Unite Group has a net margin of 79.68% compared to Entertainment One's net margin of 0.00%. Unite Group's return on equity of 6.45% beat Entertainment One's return on equity.
81.1% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Unite Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Unite Group received 62 more outperform votes than Entertainment One when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.08% of users gave Entertainment One 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 23.47%. Given Unite Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Entertainment One.
Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Entertainment One pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share. Unite Group pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Entertainment One pays out -0.2% 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 higher earnings, but lower revenue than Entertainment One. Entertainment One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Unite Group had 2 more articles in the media than Entertainment One. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Unite Group and 0 mentions for Entertainment One. Unite Group's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Entertainment One's score of 0.00 indicating that Unite Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Unite Group beats Entertainment One on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:UTG) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
