CPG vs. FLTR, IHG, NXT, SSPG, MAB, DOM, JDW, YNGA, LGRS, and FSTA
Should you be buying Compass Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Group include Flutter Entertainment (FLTR), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), NEXT (NXT), SSP Group (SSPG), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Loungers (LGRS), and Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Compass Group (LON:CPG) and Flutter Entertainment (LON:FLTR) are both large-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Compass Group received 467 more outperform votes than Flutter Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Compass Group an outperform vote while only 39.35% of users gave Flutter Entertainment an outperform vote.
Compass Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,371, indicating a potential upside of 6.77%. Flutter Entertainment has a consensus price target of £192.47, indicating a potential upside of 26.09%. Given Flutter Entertainment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flutter Entertainment is more favorable than Compass Group.
Compass Group has a net margin of 4.24% compared to Flutter Entertainment's net margin of -10.36%. Compass Group's return on equity of 23.82% beat Flutter Entertainment's return on equity.
Compass Group has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flutter Entertainment has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Compass Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Flutter Entertainment pays an annual dividend of GBX 200 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Compass Group pays out 5,733.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flutter Entertainment pays out -3,636.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Flutter Entertainment had 10 more articles in the media than Compass Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Flutter Entertainment and 1 mentions for Compass Group. Flutter Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Compass Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Flutter Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.3% of Compass Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Flutter Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Compass Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Flutter Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Compass Group has higher revenue and earnings than Flutter Entertainment. Flutter Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Compass Group beats Flutter Entertainment on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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