MANU vs. PLNT, LTH, MSGS, FUN, SGHC, RSI, PRKS, BATRA, IQ, and OSW
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), Super Group (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), iQIYI (IQ), and OneSpaWorld (OSW). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.
Manchester United vs.
Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) and Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Manchester United had 3 more articles in the media than Planet Fitness. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Manchester United and 19 mentions for Planet Fitness. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Manchester United's score of 0.75 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Manchester United's net margin of -21.46%. Manchester United's return on equity of -49.88% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.
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.
Manchester United has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manchester United currently has a consensus target price of $20.75, indicating a potential upside of 43.73%. Planet Fitness has a consensus target price of $97.69, indicating a potential upside of 0.94%. Given Manchester United's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Manchester United is more favorable than Planet Fitness.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Planet Fitness beats Manchester United on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MANU) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
