UTG vs. ETO, BME, GLO, PFD, BRW, BOE, GLV, TRY, USA, and NUM
Should you be buying Unite Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unite Group include Entertainment One (ETO), B&M European Value Retail (BME), ContourGlobal (GLO), Premier Foods (PFD), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Boeing (BOE), Glenveagh Properties (GLV), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), and Numis (NUM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Unite Group vs. Its Competitors
Entertainment One (LON:ETO) and Unite Group (LON:UTG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Unite Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Entertainment One. Entertainment One is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Unite Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Entertainment One pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share. Unite Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Entertainment One pays out -0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unite Group pays out 58.0% 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.
In the previous week, Entertainment One and Entertainment One both had 1 articles in the media. Entertainment One's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Unite Group's score of -0.13 indicating that Entertainment One is being referred to more favorably in the media.
81.1% of Unite Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Unite Group has a net margin of 79.68% compared to Entertainment One's net margin of 0.00%. Unite Group's return on equity of 6.45% beat Entertainment One's return on equity.
Unite Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,205, indicating a potential upside of 63.83%. Given Unite Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unite Group is more favorable than Entertainment One.
Summary
Unite Group beats Entertainment One on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:UTG) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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