Manchester United (MANU) Competitors

Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) and Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) 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 media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the media favor PLNT or MANU?

In the previous week, Planet Fitness had 12 more articles in the media than Manchester United. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Planet Fitness and 2 mentions for Manchester United. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Manchester United's score of -0.44 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Manchester United	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PLNT or MANU?

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

Do analysts prefer PLNT or MANU?

Planet Fitness currently has a consensus target price of $100.17, suggesting a potential downside of 0.51%. Manchester United has a consensus target price of $20.75, suggesting a potential upside of 53.13%. Given Manchester United's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Manchester United	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better earnings and valuation, PLNT or MANU?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Planet Fitness	$1.18B	7.21	$138.31M	$2.01	50.09
Manchester United	$620.67M	3.70	-$142.51M	-$1.02	-13.29

Is PLNT or MANU more profitable?

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 -44.76% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Planet Fitness	14.23%	-107.97%	7.25%
Manchester United	-21.46%	-44.76%	-4.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLNT or MANU?

Planet Fitness received 185 more outperform votes than Manchester United when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.73% of users gave Planet Fitness an outperform vote while only 66.41% of users gave Manchester United an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Planet Fitness	Outperform Votes 612 73.73%	Underperform Votes 218 26.27%
Manchester United	Outperform Votes 427 66.41%	Underperform Votes 216 33.59%

Which has more risk and volatility, PLNT or MANU?

Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manchester United has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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