PFD vs. UTG, BME, ETO, GLO, BRW, BOE, TRY, GLV, USA, and NUM
Should you be buying Premier Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Foods include Unite Group (UTG), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Entertainment One (ETO), ContourGlobal (GLO), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Boeing (BOE), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), and Numis (NUM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Premier Foods vs.
Premier Foods (LON:PFD) and Unite Group (LON:UTG) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Premier Foods had 5 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Premier Foods and 1 mentions for Unite Group. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Unite Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unite Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Premier Foods. Unite Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Premier Foods has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Premier Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Premier Foods pays out 15.3% 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.
48.7% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Premier Foods 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Premier Foods presently has a consensus price target of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 11.95%. Unite Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,076, suggesting a potential upside of 30.27%. Given Unite Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Premier Foods.
Unite Group has a net margin of 79.68% compared to Premier Foods' net margin of 9.89%. Premier Foods' return on equity of 8.49% beat Unite Group's return on equity.
Unite Group received 85 more outperform votes than Premier Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.12% of users gave Premier Foods an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Unite Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Premier Foods beats Unite Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PFD) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
