PPHE Hotel Group (PPH) Competitors

PPHE Hotel Group (LON:PPH) and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (LON:MLC) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PPH or MLC?

20.2% of PPHE Hotel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of PPHE Hotel Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PPH or MLC more profitable?

PPHE Hotel Group has a net margin of 5.15% compared to Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc's net margin of 0.00%. PPHE Hotel Group's return on equity of 7.10% beat Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PPHE Hotel Group	5.15%	7.10%	2.74%
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PPH or MLC?

PPHE Hotel Group received 2 more outperform votes than Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.93% of users gave PPHE Hotel Group an outperform vote while only 58.47% of users gave Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PPHE Hotel Group	Outperform Votes 209 60.93%	Underperform Votes 134 39.07%
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc	Outperform Votes 207 58.47%	Underperform Votes 147 41.53%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PPH or MLC?

PPHE Hotel Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc. Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PPHE Hotel 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
PPHE Hotel Group	£423.18M	1.49	£21.81M	£51.79	29.00
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc	£992M	0.00	N/A	£11.30	N/A

Do analysts rate PPH or MLC?

PPHE Hotel Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 758.50, indicating a potential downside of 49.50%. Given Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc is more favorable than PPHE Hotel Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PPHE Hotel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor PPH or MLC?

In the previous week, PPHE Hotel Group had 1 more articles in the media than Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for PPHE Hotel Group and 0 mentions for Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc. PPHE Hotel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PPHE Hotel Group	Neutral
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc	Neutral

Is PPH or MLC a better dividend stock?

PPHE Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share. PPHE Hotel Group pays out 71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc pays out 0.4% 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.

Summary

PPHE Hotel Group beats Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.