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MANU vs. PLNT, LTH, MSGS, SGHC, RSI, FUN, BATRA, PRKS, BATRK, and GENI

Should you be buying Manchester United stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manchester United include Planet Fitness (PLNT), Life Time Group (LTH), Madison Square Garden (MSGS), Super Group (SGHC) (SGHC), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Six Flags Entertainment (FUN), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Atlanta Braves (BATRK), and Genius Sports (GENI). These companies are all part of the "entertainment" industry.

Manchester United vs. Its Competitors

Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) and Planet Fitness (NYSE:PLNT) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Manchester United currently has a consensus price target of $20.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.18%. Planet Fitness has a consensus price target of $106.63, indicating a potential downside of 1.40%. Given Manchester United's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manchester United is more favorable than Planet Fitness.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Manchester United
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Planet Fitness
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

In the previous week, Manchester United had 4 more articles in the media than Planet Fitness. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Manchester United and 6 mentions for Planet Fitness. Planet Fitness' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Manchester United's score of 0.60 indicating that Planet Fitness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Manchester United
2 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Planet Fitness
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

23.3% of Manchester United shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.6% of Manchester United shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Planet Fitness shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Manchester United has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Planet Fitness has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Planet Fitness has higher revenue and earnings than Manchester United. Manchester United is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Planet Fitness, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Manchester United$833.39M3.54-$142.51M-$0.49-35.53
Planet Fitness$1.18B7.70$172.04M$2.1251.01

Planet Fitness has a net margin of 14.84% compared to Manchester United's net margin of -10.09%. Manchester United's return on equity of -22.40% beat Planet Fitness' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Manchester United-10.09% -22.40% -2.49%
Planet Fitness 14.84%-88.70%7.44%

Summary

Planet Fitness beats Manchester United on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MANU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MANU vs. The Competition

MetricManchester UnitedLEISURE&REC SVS IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.94B$8.67B$8.29B$20.64B
Dividend YieldN/A2.19%3.21%3.77%
P/E Ratio-35.4948.2021.0228.03
Price / Sales3.542.143.3237.85
Price / Cash15.0713.6317.3321.91
Price / Book16.123.724.614.59
Net Income-$142.51M$328.98M$212.83M$984.95M
7 Day Performance-4.42%8.08%3.68%2.85%
1 Month Performance22.70%8.18%10.39%5.39%
1 Year Performance8.00%3.55%10.22%14.47%

Manchester United Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MANU
Manchester United
1.2717 of 5 stars
$17.41
-0.2%
$20.75
+19.2%
+7.4%$2.94B$833.39M-35.491,040
PLNT
Planet Fitness
4.3178 of 5 stars
$108.86
+1.5%
$105.76
-2.8%
+45.2%$9.16B$1.21B51.353,806Positive News
LTH
Life Time Group
2.9462 of 5 stars
$29.53
+4.1%
$35.92
+21.6%
+55.8%$6.48B$2.62B30.7643,800High Trading Volume
MSGS
Madison Square Garden
2.9319 of 5 stars
$207.82
+2.3%
$252.60
+21.5%
+6.8%$4.99B$1.03B989.67890Positive News
High Trading Volume
SGHC
Super Group (SGHC)
3.0778 of 5 stars
$9.73
+0.5%
$11.83
+21.6%
+237.0%$4.90B$1.84B36.043,300
RSI
Rush Street Interactive
1.8582 of 5 stars
$14.18
+2.5%
$15.44
+8.9%
+71.3%$3.25B$924.08M177.27470Analyst Forecast
FUN
Six Flags Entertainment
3.976 of 5 stars
$30.49
+0.5%
$49.20
+61.4%
-41.8%$3.08B$2.71B-10.9798,000Positive News
BATRA
Atlanta Braves
0.5315 of 5 stars
$49.23
+0.3%
$52.50
+6.6%
+16.4%$3.05B$662.75M-140.651,450High Trading Volume
PRKS
United Parks & Resorts
2.6327 of 5 stars
$45.26
+2.7%
$57.85
+27.8%
-7.3%$2.49B$1.73B12.0716,700
BATRK
Atlanta Braves
2.0684 of 5 stars
$46.50
+1.1%
$57.00
+22.6%
+14.7%$2.39B$662.75M-132.851,240High Trading Volume
GENI
Genius Sports
3.462 of 5 stars
$9.72
+1.1%
$12.19
+25.5%
+82.2%$2.09B$510.89M-51.142,400Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:MANU) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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