MANU vs. PLNT, LTH, MSGS, FUN, RSI, SGHC, PRKS, BATRA, OSW, and GENI
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), Madison Square Garden Sports (MSGS), Cedar Fair (FUN), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Super Group (SGHC), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), OneSpaWorld (OSW), and Genius Sports (GENI). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
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.
95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Manchester United shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Planet Fitness shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 8 more articles in the media than Manchester United. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Planet Fitness and 15 mentions for Manchester United. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Manchester United's score of 0.59 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Planet Fitness received 181 more outperform votes than Manchester United when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.79% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 66.41% of users gave Manchester United an outperform vote.
Planet Fitness currently has a consensus target price of $97.69, suggesting a potential downside of 9.60%. Manchester United has a consensus target price of $20.75, suggesting a potential upside of 26.90%. Given Manchester United's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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.
Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manchester United has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Planet Fitness beats Manchester United on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MANU) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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