Flutter Entertainment (FLTR) Competitors

Entain (LON:ENT) and Flutter Entertainment (LON:FLTR) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is ENT or FLTR more profitable?

Flutter Entertainment has a net margin of -9.27% compared to Entain's net margin of -9.58%. Flutter Entertainment's return on equity of -6.44% beat Entain's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Entain	-9.58%	-21.53%	2.20%
Flutter Entertainment	-9.27%	-6.44%	1.18%

Does the media favor ENT or FLTR?

In the previous week, Entain had 6 more articles in the media than Flutter Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Entain and 2 mentions for Flutter Entertainment. Flutter Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Entain's score of 0.21 indicating that Flutter Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Entain	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Flutter Entertainment	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ENT or FLTR?

Entain currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,093.33, suggesting a potential upside of 16.81%. Flutter Entertainment has a consensus target price of £259, suggesting a potential upside of 22.46%. Given Flutter Entertainment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flutter Entertainment is more favorable than Entain.

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
Flutter Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is ENT or FLTR a better dividend stock?

Entain pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Flutter Entertainment pays an annual dividend of GBX 200 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Entain pays out -25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flutter Entertainment pays out -71.3% 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.

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

73.3% of Entain shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of Flutter Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Entain shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Flutter Entertainment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ENT or FLTR?

Entain has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Flutter Entertainment. Flutter Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Entain, 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	1.22	-£473.03M	-£73.36	-12.76
Flutter Entertainment	£8.71B	5.50	-£807.30M	-£280.55	-75.39

Which has more volatility and risk, ENT or FLTR?

Entain has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flutter Entertainment has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Entain beats Flutter Entertainment on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.