PLTK vs. UAA, SHOO, STRA, UA, YETI, CENT, MODG, PRKS, LRN, and RLX
Should you be buying Playtika stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Playtika include Under Armour (UAA), Steven Madden (SHOO), Strategic Education (STRA), Under Armour (UA), YETI (YETI), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Stride (LRN), and RLX Technology (RLX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Playtika (NASDAQ:PLTK) and Under Armour (NYSE:UAA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Under Armour has higher revenue and earnings than Playtika. Under Armour is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Playtika, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Playtika has a net margin of 7.96% compared to Under Armour's net margin of 6.98%. Under Armour's return on equity of 13.85% beat Playtika's return on equity.
Playtika has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Under Armour has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Under Armour received 1384 more outperform votes than Playtika when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.09% of users gave Under Armour an outperform vote while only 47.92% of users gave Playtika an outperform vote.
11.9% of Playtika shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Under Armour shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Playtika shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Under Armour shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Playtika presently has a consensus target price of $10.30, indicating a potential upside of 17.80%. Under Armour has a consensus target price of $7.64, indicating a potential upside of 12.73%. Given Playtika's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Playtika is more favorable than Under Armour.
In the previous week, Playtika had 5 more articles in the media than Under Armour. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Playtika and 15 mentions for Under Armour. Playtika's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Under Armour's score of -0.39 indicating that Playtika is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Playtika and Under Armour tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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