MANU vs. PLNT, LTH, SGHC, MSGS, RSI, BATRA, PRKS, GENI, BATRK, and FUN
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), Super Group (SGHC) (SGHC), Madison Square Garden (MSGS), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Genius Sports (GENI), Atlanta Braves (BATRK), and Six Flags Entertainment (FUN). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.
Manchester United vs. Its Competitors
Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) and Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
Manchester United has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Planet Fitness has a net margin of 15.11% compared to Manchester United's net margin of -10.09%. Manchester United's return on equity of -22.40% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.
Manchester United presently has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.30%. Planet Fitness has a consensus price target of $107.38, suggesting a potential downside of 0.13%. Given Manchester United's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Manchester United is more favorable than Planet Fitness.
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.
23.3% of Manchester United shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. 68.6% of Manchester United shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 5 more articles in the media than Manchester United. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Planet Fitness and 3 mentions for Manchester United. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Manchester United's score of 1.05 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Planet Fitness beats Manchester United on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (NYSE:MANU) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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