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MANU vs. PLNT, LTH, MSGS, FUN, SGHC, PRKS, BATRA, RSI, IQ, 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), Super Group (SGHC), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), iQIYI (IQ), 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 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.

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

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.

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

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
Planet Fitness$1.18B7.21$138.31M$2.0150.09
Manchester United$620.67M3.70-$142.51M-$1.02-13.29

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 Fitness14.23% -107.97% 7.25%
Manchester United -21.46%-44.76%-4.77%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Planet FitnessOutperform Votes
612
73.73%
Underperform Votes
218
26.27%
Manchester UnitedOutperform Votes
427
66.41%
Underperform Votes
216
33.59%

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.

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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$2.29B$4.35B$7.72B$19.67B
Dividend YieldN/A1.48%2.97%3.75%
P/E Ratio-13.2912.8316.8033.83
Price / Sales3.7014.6310.4928.00
Price / Cash12.9629.6016.4217.54
Price / Book9.097.354.344.60
Net Income-$142.51M$31.96M$259.84M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.05%1.26%-0.23%-0.38%
1 Month Performance-6.80%-5.41%-5.04%-2.84%
1 Year Performance-2.02%-2.76%-1.42%6.61%

Manchester United Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MANU
Manchester United
1.393 of 5 stars
$13.55
-1.1%
$20.75
+53.1%
-2.0%$2.29B$620.67M-13.291,040
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.1553 of 5 stars
$98.49
+3.1%
$100.17
+1.7%
+70.5%$8.34B$1.18B52.953,411Options Volume
Positive News
LTH
Life Time Group
3.2434 of 5 stars
$30.35
+5.6%
$33.86
+11.6%
+115.9%$6.36B$2.62B43.9937,000Short Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
MSGS
Madison Square Garden Sports
3.7723 of 5 stars
$192.08
+1.7%
$250.00
+30.2%
+9.4%$4.61B$1.07B81.05890
FUN
Cedar Fair
3.3371 of 5 stars
$38.82
+2.7%
$55.07
+41.8%
-10.3%$3.90B$2.71B-60.6653,050Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SGHC
Super Group
3.6017 of 5 stars
$6.71
-0.1%
$10.50
+56.6%
+106.6%$3.34B$1.56B111.773,700Short Interest ↑
Positive News
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
3.6591 of 5 stars
$49.02
+2.8%
$61.36
+25.2%
-8.2%$2.70B$1.73B12.292,800Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
2.666 of 5 stars
$42.41
+0.9%
$60.00
+41.5%
+8.5%$2.62B$662.75M-58.101,240
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
4.1655 of 5 stars
$10.79
+0.8%
$15.50
+43.7%
+69.1%$2.46B$924.08M-539.25470
IQ
iQIYI
4.0419 of 5 stars
$2.49
+6.0%
$2.91
+16.9%
-44.6%$2.39B$29.23B24.905,860High Trading Volume
GENI
Genius Sports
1.7891 of 5 stars
$9.47
+3.0%
$12.25
+29.4%
+85.9%$2.04B$510.89M-29.582,300High Trading Volume
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This page (NYSE:MANU) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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