MANU vs. BOWL, SPHR, NGMS, ACEL, PENN, LRN, PLTK, CUK, PTVE, and STRA
Should you be buying Manchester United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manchester United include Bowlero (BOWL), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), NeoGames (NGMS), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Stride (LRN), Playtika (PLTK), Carnival Co. & (CUK), Pactiv Evergreen (PTVE), and Strategic Education (STRA). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Bowlero (NYSE:BOWL) and Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Bowlero has higher revenue and earnings than Manchester United. Manchester United is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bowlero, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Manchester United had 17 more articles in the media than Bowlero. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Manchester United and 9 mentions for Bowlero. Bowlero's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Manchester United's score of 0.10 indicating that Manchester United is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bowlero has a net margin of 6.33% compared to Bowlero's net margin of -1.98%. Manchester United's return on equity of 98.75% beat Bowlero's return on equity.
Bowlero presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 53.71%. Manchester United has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.68%. Given Manchester United's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bowlero is more favorable than Manchester United.
Manchester United received 404 more outperform votes than Bowlero when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.97% of users gave Bowlero an outperform vote while only 66.98% of users gave Manchester United an outperform vote.
68.1% of Bowlero shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Manchester United shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.5% of Bowlero shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 68.6% of Manchester United shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bowlero has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manchester United has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Bowlero beats Manchester United on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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