BME vs. UTG, ETO, GLO, PFD, BRW, BOE, TRY, USA, NUM, and JPS
Should you be buying B&M European Value Retail stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B&M European Value Retail include Unite Group (UTG), Entertainment One (ETO), ContourGlobal (GLO), Premier Foods (PFD), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Boeing (BOE), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), Numis (NUM), and JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income plc (JPS.L) (JPS). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
B&M European Value Retail vs. Its Competitors
Unite Group (LON:UTG) and B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Unite Group has a net margin of 79.68% compared to B&M European Value Retail's net margin of 5.81%. B&M European Value Retail's return on equity of 43.85% beat Unite Group's return on equity.
Unite Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,205, indicating a potential upside of 73.01%. B&M European Value Retail has a consensus target price of GBX 380.50, indicating a potential upside of 62.89%. Given Unite Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than B&M European Value Retail.
In the previous week, B&M European Value Retail had 2 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for B&M European Value Retail and 3 mentions for Unite Group. B&M European Value Retail's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Unite Group's score of -0.27 indicating that B&M European Value Retail is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. B&M European Value Retail pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Unite Group pays out 53.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B&M European Value Retail pays out 46.9% 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. B&M European Value Retail is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&M European Value Retail has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
61.7% of Unite Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of B&M European Value Retail shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Unite Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of B&M European Value Retail shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
B&M European Value Retail has higher revenue and earnings than Unite Group. B&M European Value Retail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
B&M European Value Retail beats Unite Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BME) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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