MANU vs. BATRA, BOWL, SPHR, NGMS, ACEL, RSVR, AGAE, BREA, CPOP, 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), Pop Culture Group (CPOP), and Live Nation Entertainment (LYV). These companies are all part of the "amusement & recreation services" industry.
Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) and Atlanta Braves (NASDAQ:BATRA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
23.3% of Manchester United shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Atlanta Braves shares are held by institutional investors. 68.6% of Manchester United shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Atlanta Braves shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Manchester United received 312 more outperform votes than Atlanta Braves when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.77% of users gave Manchester United an outperform vote while only 62.30% of users gave Atlanta Braves an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Manchester United had 2 more articles in the media than Atlanta Braves. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Manchester United and 5 mentions for Atlanta Braves. Atlanta Braves' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Manchester United's score of 0.92 indicating that Atlanta Braves is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manchester United presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.54%. Atlanta Braves has a consensus target price of $54.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.12%. Given Atlanta Braves' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atlanta Braves is more favorable than Manchester United.
Manchester United has a net margin of -1.98% compared to Atlanta Braves' net margin of -18.35%. Manchester United's return on equity of -12.29% beat Atlanta Braves' return on equity.
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.
Summary
Manchester United beats Atlanta Braves on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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