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Manchester United (MANU) Competitors

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$16.83 +0.08 (+0.48%)
(As of 10:25 AM ET)

MANU vs. PLNT, LTH, FUN, SGHC, RSI, BATRA, GENI, BATRK, OSW, 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), Genius Sports (GENI), Atlanta Braves (BATRK), OneSpaWorld (OSW), and iQIYI (IQ). 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.23% compared to Manchester United's net margin of -17.28%. Manchester United's return on equity of -55.05% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manchester United-17.28% -55.05% -3.97%
Planet Fitness 14.23%-107.97%7.25%

23.3% of Manchester United shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Planet Fitness shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
Manchester United$833.39M3.40-$142.51M-$0.87-19.25
Planet Fitness$1.07B7.76$138.31M$1.8652.84

Manchester United has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Planet Fitness received 178 more outperform votes than Manchester United when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.93% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 66.56% of users gave Manchester United an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Manchester UnitedOutperform Votes
426
66.56%
Underperform Votes
214
33.44%
Planet FitnessOutperform Votes
604
73.93%
Underperform Votes
213
26.07%

Manchester United presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.45%. Planet Fitness has a consensus target price of $91.81, suggesting a potential downside of 6.58%. Given Manchester United's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manchester United is more favorable than Planet Fitness.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manchester United
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Planet Fitness
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 3 more articles in the media than Manchester United. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Planet Fitness and 7 mentions for Manchester United. Manchester United's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Planet Fitness' score of 0.83 indicating that Manchester United is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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

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MANU vs. The Competition

MetricManchester UnitedAmusement & recreation services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.84B$4.65B$8.18B$19.87B
Dividend YieldN/A1.72%2.75%3.53%
P/E Ratio-19.2518.1818.8842.89
Price / Sales3.4075.187.5718.10
Price / Cash15.0427.5915.4717.86
Price / Book15.518.975.475.52
Net Income-$142.51M$36.66M$264.44M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-3.62%-0.40%-2.18%-0.22%
1 Month Performance1.64%-4.54%-3.00%0.12%
1 Year Performance-12.81%7.36%14.56%23.71%

Manchester United Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MANU
Manchester United
0.7399 of 5 stars
$16.83
+0.5%
$18.50
+9.9%
-12.8%$2.85B$833.39M-19.341,140Upcoming Earnings
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.4619 of 5 stars
$99.53
+1.3%
$91.81
-7.8%
+53.1%$8.42B$1.07B52.843,411Insider Trade
LTH
Life Time Group
4.0199 of 5 stars
$24.28
+0.5%
$27.63
+13.8%
+62.8%$5.03B$2.22B35.0037,000
FUN
Cedar Fair
3.722 of 5 stars
$45.45
-1.4%
$55.92
+23.0%
+18.6%$4.56B$1.80B0.0053,050Analyst Forecast
Positive News
SGHC
Super Group
3.349 of 5 stars
$5.95
+0.3%
$6.33
+6.4%
+86.3%$2.96B$1.55B98.773,700Positive News
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
1.8032 of 5 stars
$12.48
+2.2%
$12.43
-0.4%
+160.9%$2.82B$691.16M0.00820Insider Trade
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
2.323 of 5 stars
$41.57
+0.8%
$54.00
+29.9%
+2.2%$2.57B$640.67M-56.491,240Negative News
GENI
Genius Sports
2.1211 of 5 stars
$9.01
-0.9%
$10.39
+15.3%
+70.5%$2.07B$412.98M0.002,300Analyst Revision
BATRK
Atlanta Braves
2.776 of 5 stars
$39.66
+0.9%
$53.00
+33.6%
+8.9%$2.02B$640.67M-53.841,240
OSW
OneSpaWorld
4.3188 of 5 stars
$18.81
-0.1%
$18.75
-0.3%
+64.7%$1.96B$794.04M38.415,024Positive News
IQ
iQIYI
3.2485 of 5 stars
$1.97
-9.6%
$3.45
+75.1%
-58.3%$1.89B$4.51B8.174,788Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:MANU) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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