MANU vs. BATRA, BOWL, SPHR, NGMS, ACEL, RSVR, AGAE, BREA, GPAK, and LYV
Should you be buying Manchester United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manchester United include Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Bowlero (BOWL), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), NeoGames (NGMS), Accel Entertainment (ACEL), Reservoir Media (RSVR), Allied Gaming & Entertainment (AGAE), Brera (BREA), Gamer Pakistan (GPAK), and Live Nation Entertainment (LYV). These companies are all part of the "amusement & recreation services" industry.
Atlanta Braves (NASDAQ:BATRA) and Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Atlanta Braves currently has a consensus target price of $54.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.29%. Manchester United has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.90%. Given Manchester United's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Atlanta Braves is more favorable than Manchester United.
In the previous week, Manchester United had 9 more articles in the media than Atlanta Braves. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Manchester United and 6 mentions for Atlanta Braves. Atlanta Braves' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Manchester United's score of 0.45 indicating that Manchester United is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manchester United has a net margin of -1.98% compared to Manchester United's net margin of -18.35%. Atlanta Braves' return on equity of -12.29% beat Manchester United's return on equity.
Manchester United received 312 more outperform votes than Atlanta Braves when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.88% of users gave Manchester United an outperform vote while only 62.30% of users gave Atlanta Braves an outperform vote.
Manchester United has higher revenue and earnings than Atlanta Braves. Manchester United is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlanta Braves, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
12.3% of Atlanta Braves shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Manchester United shares are held by institutional investors. 4.8% of Atlanta Braves shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.6% of Manchester United shares are held by company 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.
Summary
Manchester United beats Atlanta Braves on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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