PFD vs. UTG, ETO, BME, GLO, BRW, BOE, GLV, TRY, 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), Entertainment One (ETO), B&M European Value Retail (BME), ContourGlobal (GLO), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Boeing (BOE), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), and Numis (NUM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Premier Foods vs. Its Competitors
Unite Group (LON:UTG) and Premier Foods (LON:PFD) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Unite Group had 2 more articles in the media than Premier Foods. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Unite Group and 0 mentions for Premier Foods. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Unite Group's score of -0.65 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Premier Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Unite Group pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Premier Foods pays out 15.3% 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.
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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,052, suggesting a potential upside of 42.93%. Premier Foods has a consensus target price of GBX 270, suggesting a potential upside of 43.31%. Given Premier Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Premier Foods is more favorable than Unite Group.
Unite Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premier Foods has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
81.1% of Unite Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Premier Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Unite Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Premier Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Unite Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Premier Foods beats Unite Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:PFD) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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