PPHE Hotel Group (PPH) Competitors

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

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

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MLC or PPH a better dividend stock?

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share. PPHE Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc pays out 0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPHE Hotel Group pays out 71.4% 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.

Do analysts recommend MLC or PPH?

PPHE Hotel Group has a consensus price target of GBX 758.50, suggesting a potential downside of 55.54%. Given Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc is more favorable than PPHE Hotel Group.

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

Does the media favor MLC or PPH?

In the previous week, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc had 1 more articles in the media than PPHE Hotel Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc and 0 mentions for PPHE Hotel Group. PPHE Hotel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc's score of -0.54 indicating that PPHE Hotel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MLC or PPH?

PPHE Hotel Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc	£992M	0.00	N/A	£11.30	N/A
PPHE Hotel Group	£423.18M	1.69	£21.81M	£51.79	32.94

Is MLC or PPH 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
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc	N/A	N/A	N/A
PPHE Hotel Group	5.15%	7.10%	2.74%

Summary

PPHE Hotel Group beats Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.