ENT vs. TW, SMDS, HWDN, BDEV, MKS, KGF, BKG, PSN, WTB, and VTY
Should you be buying Entain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entain include Taylor Wimpey (TW), DS Smith (SMDS), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), Kingfisher (KGF), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Persimmon (PSN), Whitbread (WTB), and Vistry Group (VTY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) and Entain (LON:ENT) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Entain pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Taylor Wimpey pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Entain pays out -1,276.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Taylor Wimpey has a net margin of 9.93% compared to Taylor Wimpey's net margin of -19.47%. Entain's return on equity of 7.73% beat Taylor Wimpey's return on equity.
Taylor Wimpey received 1346 more outperform votes than Entain when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 98.00% of users gave Entain an outperform vote while only 79.25% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote.
Taylor Wimpey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Entain. Entain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Wimpey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Taylor Wimpey presently has a consensus target price of GBX 135.50, suggesting a potential downside of 3.76%. Entain has a consensus target price of GBX 1,143.17, suggesting a potential upside of 46.18%. Given Taylor Wimpey's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Entain is more favorable than Taylor Wimpey.
In the previous week, Entain had 1 more articles in the media than Taylor Wimpey. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Entain and 4 mentions for Taylor Wimpey. Taylor Wimpey's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Entain's score of -0.08 indicating that Entain is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Entain has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
69.6% of Taylor Wimpey shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Entain shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Taylor Wimpey shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Entain shares are owned 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.
Summary
Taylor Wimpey beats Entain on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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