Premier Foods (PFD) Competitors

Unite Group (LON:UTG) and Premier Foods (LON:PFD) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is UTG or PFD a better dividend stock?

Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Premier Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UTG or PFD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unite Group	£375.54M	10.75	£299.23M	£62.09	13.40
Premier Foods	£1.14B	1.53	£112.38M	£13.06	15.47

Which has more risk & volatility, UTG or PFD?

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

Do analysts prefer UTG or PFD?

Unite Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,076, suggesting a potential upside of 29.33%. Premier Foods has a consensus target price of GBX 240, suggesting a potential upside of 18.81%. Given Unite Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Premier Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unite Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Premier Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is UTG or PFD 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
Unite Group	79.68%	6.45%	2.50%
Premier Foods	9.89%	8.49%	4.78%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in UTG or PFD?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Premier Foods shares are held by 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.

Does the media refer more to UTG or PFD?

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 0.75 beat Unite Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Unite Group	Neutral
Premier Foods	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UTG or PFD?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unite Group	Outperform Votes 491 65.91%	Underperform Votes 254 34.09%
Premier Foods	Outperform Votes 406 68.12%	Underperform Votes 190 31.88%

Summary

Unite Group and Premier Foods tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.