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Manchester United (MANU) Competitors

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$17.15 +0.07 (+0.41%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

MANU vs. PLNT, LTH, FUN, SGHC, RSI, BATRA, OSW, GENI, BATRK, and IQ

Should you be buying Manchester United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manchester United include Planet Fitness (PLNT), Life Time Group (LTH), Cedar Fair (FUN), Super Group (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), OneSpaWorld (OSW), Genius Sports (GENI), Atlanta Braves (BATRK), and iQIYI (IQ). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

Manchester United vs.

Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) and Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.

Planet Fitness received 178 more outperform votes than Manchester United when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.87% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 66.51% of users gave Manchester United an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Planet FitnessOutperform Votes
605
73.87%
Underperform Votes
214
26.13%
Manchester UnitedOutperform Votes
427
66.51%
Underperform Votes
215
33.49%

Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manchester United has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Planet Fitness presently has a consensus target price of $94.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.30%. Manchester United has a consensus target price of $20.75, suggesting a potential upside of 20.99%. Given Manchester United's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Manchester United is more favorable than Planet Fitness.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Planet Fitness
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Manchester United
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Manchester United shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.6% of Manchester United shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 3 more articles in the media than Manchester United. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Planet Fitness and 10 mentions for Manchester United. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Manchester United's score of 0.45 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Planet Fitness
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Manchester United
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Planet Fitness has higher revenue and earnings than Manchester United. Manchester United is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Planet Fitness, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Planet Fitness$1.13B7.46$138.31M$1.8653.37
Manchester United$647.72M4.48-$142.51M-$0.66-25.98

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Manchester United's net margin of -13.36%. Manchester United's return on equity of -37.41% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Planet Fitness14.23% -107.97% 7.25%
Manchester United -13.36%-37.41%-3.27%

Summary

Planet Fitness beats Manchester United on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MANU vs. The Competition

MetricManchester UnitedAmusement & recreation services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.89B$4.51B$8.38B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A1.56%2.82%3.60%
P/E Ratio-25.9816.6718.3341.30
Price / Sales4.4879.6515.5017.60
Price / Cash15.4629.1833.4521.28
Price / Book15.887.875.565.32
Net Income-$142.51M$37.46M$267.23M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-1.04%0.00%-1.89%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-1.78%-2.24%0.06%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-12.68%8.40%10.26%12.14%

Manchester United Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MANU
Manchester United
1.4953 of 5 stars
$17.15
+0.4%
$20.75
+21.0%
-11.7%$2.89B$647.72M-25.981,140Analyst Forecast
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.5187 of 5 stars
$100.45
+0.1%
$93.38
-7.0%
+38.1%$8.50B$1.07B53.953,411Analyst Forecast
Positive News
LTH
Life Time Group
3.9135 of 5 stars
$23.14
+1.7%
$27.78
+20.0%
+50.8%$4.79B$2.52B32.9737,000Analyst Forecast
FUN
Cedar Fair
3.6109 of 5 stars
$47.34
+2.7%
$56.07
+18.4%
+28.7%$4.75B$1.82B-72.0353,050Analyst Upgrade
SGHC
Super Group
3.1791 of 5 stars
$6.72
-0.4%
$8.00
+19.0%
+117.7%$3.35B$1.55B112.523,700
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
1.705 of 5 stars
$13.89
+2.4%
$12.43
-10.5%
+218.6%$3.13B$863.77M-678.50820News Coverage
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
2.8664 of 5 stars
$41.54
+1.0%
$54.00
+30.0%
-2.1%$2.57B$640.67M-56.261,240News Coverage
OSW
OneSpaWorld
4.3304 of 5 stars
$20.55
+1.7%
$20.00
-2.7%
+47.8%$2.14B$872.62M41.245,024Positive News
GENI
Genius Sports
2.1081 of 5 stars
$9.31
+1.7%
$10.72
+15.2%
+41.4%$2.14B$462.54M-28.592,300News Coverage
BATRK
Atlanta Braves
3.0278 of 5 stars
$39.85
+1.2%
$53.00
+33.0%
-1.4%$2.03B$678.38M-53.961,240
IQ
iQIYI
3.5105 of 5 stars
$2.10
-7.5%
$3.15
+50.0%
-55.5%$2.01B$4.51B10.804,788

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This page (NYSE:MANU) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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