ENT vs. PPB, WMH, GYS, PTEC, JPJ, RNK, 888, GMR, STR, and BOTB
Should you be buying Entain stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Entain include Paddy Power Betfair (PPB), William Hill (WMH), Gamesys Group (GYS), Playtech (PTEC), JPJ Group (JPJ), The Rank Group (RNK), 888 (888), Gaming Realms (GMR), Stride Gaming (STR), and Best of the Best (BOTB). These companies are all part of the "gambling" industry.
Paddy Power Betfair (LON:PPB) and Entain (LON:ENT) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Entain has a consensus target price of GBX 1,143.17, suggesting a potential upside of 69.31%. Given Paddy Power Betfair's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Entain is more favorable than Paddy Power Betfair.
In the previous week, Entain had 8 more articles in the media than Paddy Power Betfair. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Entain and 1 mentions for Paddy Power Betfair. Entain's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Paddy Power Betfair's score of -0.10 indicating that Paddy Power Betfair is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paddy Power Betfair has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Entain. Entain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paddy Power Betfair, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paddy Power Betfair has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Paddy Power Betfair's net margin of -19.47%. Entain's return on equity of 0.00% beat Paddy Power Betfair's return on equity.
78.7% of Entain shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Entain shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Paddy Power Betfair pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Entain pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Paddy Power Betfair pays out 0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Entain pays out -1,276.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Entain is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Paddy Power Betfair received 200 more outperform votes than Entain when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 98.00% of users gave Entain an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave Paddy Power Betfair an outperform vote.
Summary
Entain beats Paddy Power Betfair on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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