Entain (ENT) Competitors

Entain (LON:ENT) and Paddy Power Betfair (LON:PPB) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Does the media refer more to ENT or PPB?

In the previous week, Entain had 14 more articles in the media than Paddy Power Betfair. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Entain and 0 mentions for Paddy Power Betfair. Entain's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Paddy Power Betfair's score of 0.00 indicating that Entain is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Entain	Neutral
Paddy Power Betfair	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ENT or PPB?

Paddy Power Betfair received 192 more outperform votes than Entain when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 96.36% of users gave Entain an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave Paddy Power Betfair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Entain	Outperform Votes 106 96.36%	Underperform Votes 4 3.64%
Paddy Power Betfair	Outperform Votes 298 63.68%	Underperform Votes 170 36.32%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ENT or PPB?

73.3% of Entain shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Entain shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ENT or PPB a better dividend stock?

Entain pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Paddy Power Betfair pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Entain pays out -25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paddy Power Betfair pays out 0.8% 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.

Do analysts rate ENT or PPB?

Entain currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,070, suggesting a potential upside of 59.27%. Given Entain's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Entain is more favorable than Paddy Power Betfair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Entain	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Paddy Power Betfair	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ENT or PPB more profitable?

Paddy Power Betfair has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Entain's net margin of -9.58%. Paddy Power Betfair's return on equity of 0.00% beat Entain's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Entain	-9.58%	-21.53%	2.20%
Paddy Power Betfair	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ENT or PPB?

Paddy Power Betfair has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Entain	£4.94B	0.87	-£473.03M	-£73.36	-9.16
Paddy Power Betfair	£1.87B	0.00	N/A	£240.40	N/A

Summary

Entain beats Paddy Power Betfair on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.