Premier Foods (PFD) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PFD or UTG?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Unite Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PFD or UTG more profitable?

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 Foods	9.89%	8.49%	4.78%
Unite Group	79.68%	6.45%	2.50%

Do analysts rate PFD or UTG?

Premier Foods currently has a consensus target price of GBX 255, indicating a potential upside of 36.36%. Unite Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,205, indicating a potential upside of 70.32%. 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

Which has better earnings and valuation, PFD or UTG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Premier Foods	£1.15B	1.40	£112.38M	£0.14	1,326.24
Unite Group	£321.50M	10.76	£299.23M	£0.70	1,016.52

Is PFD or UTG a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has more volatility and risk, PFD or UTG?

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

Does the media refer more to PFD or UTG?

In the previous week, Unite Group had 2 more articles in the media than Premier Foods. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Unite Group and 1 mentions for Premier Foods. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Unite Group's score of -0.27 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)	0 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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