Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) Competitors

AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) and Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of APP or FLUT?

41.8% of AppLovin shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of AppLovin 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APP or FLUT?

Flutter Entertainment received 135 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.32% of users gave Flutter Entertainment an outperform vote while only 57.92% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AppLovin	Outperform Votes 139 57.92%	Underperform Votes 101 42.08%
Flutter Entertainment	Outperform Votes 274 64.32%	Underperform Votes 152 35.68%

Does the media favor APP or FLUT?

In the previous week, AppLovin had 18 more articles in the media than Flutter Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for AppLovin and 35 mentions for Flutter Entertainment. Flutter Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat AppLovin's score of 1.04 indicating that Flutter Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AppLovin	38 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Flutter Entertainment	28 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate APP or FLUT?

AppLovin currently has a consensus price target of $433.85, indicating a potential upside of 22.46%. Flutter Entertainment has a consensus price target of $306.28, indicating a potential upside of 26.92%. Given Flutter Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flutter Entertainment is more favorable than AppLovin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AppLovin	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Flutter Entertainment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.05

Is APP or FLUT more profitable?

AppLovin has a net margin of 33.54% compared to Flutter Entertainment's net margin of -6.86%. AppLovin's return on equity of 188.55% beat Flutter Entertainment's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AppLovin	33.54%	188.55%	29.66%
Flutter Entertainment	-6.86%	-4.52%	-1.85%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, APP or FLUT?

AppLovin has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Flutter Entertainment. AppLovin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flutter Entertainment, 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
AppLovin	$5.14B	23.35	$1.58B	$5.54	63.95
Flutter Entertainment	$14.32B	2.98	-$1.22B	$2.89	83.50

Summary

AppLovin beats Flutter Entertainment on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.