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Premier Foods (PFD) Competitors

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GBX 182.60 -0.09 (-0.05%)
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PFD vs. UTG, ETO, BME, GLO, BRW, BOE, TRY, USA, NUM, and JPS

Should you be buying Premier Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Foods include Unite Group (UTG), Entertainment One (ETO), B&M European Value Retail (BME), ContourGlobal (GLO), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Boeing (BOE), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), Numis (NUM), and JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income plc (JPS.L) (JPS). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Premier Foods vs. Its Competitors

Premier Foods (LON:PFD) and Unite Group (LON:UTG) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

In the previous week, Premier Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Premier Foods and 1 mentions for Unite Group. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Unite Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Premier Foods
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Unite Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Premier Foods9.89% 8.49% 4.78%
Unite Group 79.68%6.45%2.50%

Premier Foods presently has a consensus target price of GBX 255, indicating a potential upside of 39.65%. Unite Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,205, indicating a potential upside of 67.59%. Given Unite Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Premier Foods.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Premier Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Unite Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Premier Foods£1.15B1.37£112.38M£0.141,295.04
Unite Group£321.50M10.94£299.23M£0.701,033.05

Premier Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Premier Foods pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unite Group pays out 53.6% 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.

Premier Foods has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

34.3% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Premier Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% 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.

Summary

Premier Foods beats Unite Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PFD vs. The Competition

MetricPremier FoodsPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.57B£4.37B£7.21B£2.60B
Dividend Yield1.53%2.67%3.22%5.29%
P/E Ratio1,295.043,091.171,088.804,456.64
Price / Sales1.373,531.28992,151.1599,689.02
Price / Cash38.64119.32144.7427.90
Price / Book1.1924.028.978.21
Net Income£112.38M£2.63B£999.43M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-4.99%0.00%0.08%1.21%
1 Month Performance-2.14%-2.26%-1.82%6.49%
1 Year Performance0.11%502.22%180.03%154.86%

Premier Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PFD
Premier Foods
3.0026 of 5 stars
GBX 182.60
0.0%
GBX 255
+39.6%
+0.2%£1.57B£1.15B1,295.044,000Positive News
Gap Down
UTG
Unite Group
3.4834 of 5 stars
GBX 717
-0.1%
GBX 1,205
+68.1%
-20.9%£3.51B£321.50M1,030.171,801
ETO
Entertainment One
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.78B£928.60M-123.781,259
BME
B&M European Value Retail
4.2373 of 5 stars
GBX 262.30
+1.2%
GBX 380.50
+45.1%
-37.5%£2.64B£5.57B824.8439,484Positive News
GLO
ContourGlobal
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£2.57B1,091.301,518High Trading Volume
BRW
Brewin Dolphin
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.56B£415.46M3,029.412,186
BOE
Boeing
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 321
+0.5%
N/A-10.1%£1.02B-£19.36M-3,710.9826Gap Down
USA
Baillie Gifford US Growth
N/AGBX 270.50
+0.6%
N/A+32.8%£756.11M£136.67M575.90N/A
NUM
Numis
N/AN/AN/AN/A£377.30M£130.31M17,150.00220
JPS
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income plc (JPS.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£305.80M-£1.02M-48.36N/A

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This page (LON:PFD) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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