MANU vs. PLNT, LTH, SGHC, MSGS, RSI, FUN, BATRA, PRKS, BATRK, 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), Super Group (SGHC) (SGHC), Madison Square Garden (MSGS), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Six Flags Entertainment (FUN), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Atlanta Braves (BATRK), and Genius Sports (GENI). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.
Manchester United vs. Its Competitors
Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) and Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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 presently has a consensus price target of $20.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.99%. Planet Fitness has a consensus price target of $106.63, indicating a potential downside of 0.81%. Given Manchester United's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Manchester United is more favorable than Planet Fitness.
23.3% of Manchester United shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Planet Fitness shares are owned 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.
Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.84% compared to Manchester United's net margin of -10.09%. Manchester United's return on equity of -22.40% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.
Manchester United has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Manchester United had 5 more articles in the media than Planet Fitness. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Manchester United and 4 mentions for Planet Fitness. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Manchester United's score of 0.54 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Planet Fitness beats Manchester United on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:MANU) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
