BME vs. UTG, ETO, PFD, GLO, BRW, BOE, GLV, TRY, USA, and NUM
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), Premier Foods (PFD), ContourGlobal (GLO), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Boeing (BOE), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), and Numis (NUM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
B&M European Value Retail vs. Its Competitors
B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) and Unite Group (LON:UTG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
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.
B&M European Value Retail pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. B&M European Value Retail pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unite Group pays out 58.0% 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.
B&M European Value Retail presently has a consensus price target of GBX 406.60, suggesting a potential upside of 82.25%. Unite Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,052, suggesting a potential upside of 43.91%. Given B&M European Value Retail's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe B&M European Value Retail is more favorable than Unite Group.
In the previous week, Unite Group had 1 more articles in the media than B&M European Value Retail. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Unite Group and 1 mentions for B&M European Value Retail. B&M European Value Retail's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Unite Group's score of -0.46 indicating that B&M European Value Retail is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
59.9% of B&M European Value Retail shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of B&M European Value Retail shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Unite Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
B&M European Value Retail has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 8/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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