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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, 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 3.6%. Premier Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share. Unite Group pays out 5,901.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Premier Foods pays out 1,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in UTG or PFD?

80.2% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Unite Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Premier Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, UTG or PFD?

Unite Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Premier Foods. Premier Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, 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	£358.10M	13.55	£272.50M	£0.61	1,628.69
Premier Foods	£1.14B	0.00	£112.50M	£0.13	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UTG or PFD?

Unite Group received 86 more outperform votes than Premier Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% 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 405 68.18%	Underperform Votes 189 31.82%

Do analysts recommend UTG or PFD?

Unite Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,084.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.13%. Premier Foods has a consensus target price of GBX 210, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given Premier Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Premier Foods is more favorable than Unite Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unite Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Premier Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer UTG or PFD?

In the previous week, Premier Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Unite Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Premier Foods and 3 mentions for Unite Group. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Unite Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unite Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Premier Foods	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is UTG or PFD more profitable?

Unite Group has a net margin of 76.10% compared to Premier Foods' net margin of 9.89%. Premier Foods' return on equity of 8.23% beat Unite Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unite Group	76.10%	6.72%	2.50%
Premier Foods	9.89%	8.23%	4.78%

Which has more volatility and risk, UTG or PFD?

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

Summary

Premier Foods beats Unite Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.