CPG vs. FLTR, IHG, NXT, SSPG, MAB, DOM, JDW, YNGA, FSTA, and LGRS
Should you be buying Compass Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Group include Flutter Entertainment (FLTR), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), NEXT (NXT), SSP Group (SSPG), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), and Loungers (LGRS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Compass Group (LON:CPG) and Flutter Entertainment (LON:FLTR) are both large-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.
76.3% of Compass Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of Flutter Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Compass Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Flutter Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Compass Group has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flutter Entertainment has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Compass Group received 468 more outperform votes than Flutter Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Compass Group an outperform vote while only 39.07% of users gave Flutter Entertainment an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Compass Group had 1 more articles in the media than Flutter Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Compass Group and 0 mentions for Flutter Entertainment. Compass Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Flutter Entertainment's score of 0.00 indicating that Compass Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Compass Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Flutter Entertainment pays an annual dividend of GBX 200 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Compass Group pays out 5,733.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Flutter Entertainment pays out -3,669.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Compass Group has a net margin of 4.24% compared to Flutter Entertainment's net margin of -10.36%. Compass Group's return on equity of 23.82% beat Flutter Entertainment's return on equity.
Compass Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,371, suggesting a potential upside of 6.37%. Flutter Entertainment has a consensus target price of £192.47, suggesting a potential upside of 28.87%. Given Flutter Entertainment's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Flutter Entertainment is more favorable than Compass Group.
Compass Group has higher revenue and earnings than Flutter Entertainment. Flutter Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Compass Group beats Flutter Entertainment on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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