Analyzing Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) and Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY)

Manchester United (NYSE:MANU) and Avolta (OTCMKTS:DUFRY) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Manchester United and Avolta’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manchester United	-1.39%	-4.85%	-0.56%
Avolta	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Manchester United pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Avolta pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Manchester United pays out -128.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Manchester United and Avolta, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manchester United	1	0	0	0	1.00
Avolta	0	1	0	1	3.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Manchester United and Avolta”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Manchester United	$655.40 million	4.87	-$42.74 million	($0.07)	-264.50
Avolta	$16.60 billion	0.46	$240.19 million	N/A	N/A

Avolta has higher revenue and earnings than Manchester United.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

23.3% of Manchester United shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Manchester United has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avolta has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Avolta beats Manchester United on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Manchester United

Manchester United plc, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates a professional sports team in the United Kingdom. It operates Manchester United Football Club, a professional football club. The company develops marketing and sponsorship relationships with international and regional companies to leverage its brand. It also markets and sells sports apparel, training and leisure wear, and other clothing; and other licensed products, such as coffee mugs and bed spreads featuring the Manchester United brand and trademarks, as well as distributes these products through Manchester United branded retail centers and e-commerce platforms, and through the company’s partners’ wholesale distribution channels. In addition, the company distributes live football content directly, as well as through commercial partners; broadcasts television rights relating to the Premier League, Union of European Football Associations club competitions, and other competitions; and delivers Manchester United programming through MUTV television channel to territories worldwide. Further, it operates Old Trafford, a sports venue with 74,240 seats, as well as invests in properties. The company was formerly known as Manchester United Ltd. changed its name to Manchester United plc in August 2012. Manchester United plc was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

About Avolta

Avolta AG operates as a travel retailer. The company’s retail brands include general travel retail shops under the Dufry, World Duty Free, Nuance, Hellenic Duty Free, Zurich Duty-Free or Stockholm Duty-Free, Autogrill, and HMSHost brands; Dufry shopping stores; brand boutiques; convenience stores primarily under the Hudson brand; and specialized shops and theme stores. It offers perfumes and cosmetics, food and confectionery, wines and spirits, watches and jewelry, fashion and leather, tobacco goods, souvenirs, electronics, soft drinks, packaged food, travel accessories, personal items, sunglasses, destination, and other products, as well as newspapers, magazines, and books. It operates duty-free and duty-paid shops located at airports, border, downtown and hotel shops, railway stations and other, cruise liners and ferries, seaports, and motorways in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as Dufry AG and changed its name to Avolta AG in November 2023. Avolta AG was incorporated in 1865 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.