Entain (ENT) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend PPB or ENT?

Entain has a consensus price target of GBX 1,210, suggesting a potential upside of 43.94%. Given Entain's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Entain is more favorable than Paddy Power Betfair.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paddy Power Betfair	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Entain	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is PPB or ENT a better dividend stock?

Paddy Power Betfair pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Entain pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Paddy Power Betfair pays out 0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Entain pays out -21.7% 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.

Is PPB or ENT 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
Paddy Power Betfair	N/A	N/A	N/A
Entain	-9.58%	-21.53%	2.20%

Does the media favor PPB or ENT?

In the previous week, Entain had 4 more articles in the media than Paddy Power Betfair. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Entain and 0 mentions for Paddy Power Betfair. Paddy Power Betfair's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Entain's score of -0.26 indicating that Paddy Power Betfair is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Paddy Power Betfair	Neutral
Entain	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PPB or ENT?

73.0% of Entain shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, PPB or ENT?

Paddy Power Betfair has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Paddy Power Betfair	£1.87B	0.00	N/A	£240.40	N/A
Entain	£5.16B	1.04	-£473.03M	-£0.86	-978.58

Summary

Entain beats Paddy Power Betfair on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.