Entain (ENT) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ENT or PPB?

73.3% of Entain shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Entain shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ENT or PPB a better dividend stock?

Entain pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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.

Does the media prefer ENT or PPB?

In the previous week, Entain's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Paddy Power Betfair'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Entain	Neutral
Paddy Power Betfair	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	0.95	-£473.03M	-£73.36	-9.97
Paddy Power Betfair	£1.87B	0.00	N/A	£240.40	N/A

Do analysts recommend ENT or PPB?

Entain presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,070, suggesting a potential upside of 46.25%. Given Entain's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

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%

Summary

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