Manchester United (NYSE:MANU – Get Free Report) and Atour Lifestyle (NASDAQ:ATAT – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
23.3% of Manchester United shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Atour Lifestyle shares are held by institutional investors. 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.
Volatility and Risk
Manchester United has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atour Lifestyle has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Manchester United | $862.42 million | 3.39 | -$42.74 million | ($0.07) | -242.39 |
| Atour Lifestyle | $9.79 billion | 0.52 | $231.80 million | $1.62 | 22.80 |
Atour Lifestyle has higher revenue and earnings than Manchester United. Manchester United is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atour Lifestyle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Manchester United and Atour Lifestyle, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Manchester United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Atour Lifestyle | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.89 |
Atour Lifestyle has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.94%. Given Atour Lifestyle’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atour Lifestyle is more favorable than Manchester United.
Profitability
This table compares Manchester United and Atour Lifestyle’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% |
| Atour Lifestyle | 16.58% | 46.96% | 18.90% |
Summary
Atour Lifestyle beats Manchester United on 11 of the 13 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 Atour Lifestyle
Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, develops lifestyle brands around hotel offerings in the People’s Republic of China. The company provides hotel management services, including day-to-day management services of the hotels for the franchisees; and sells hotel supplies and other products. It also offers retail management service; investment management service; financial information service management; property management services; and software and technology services, as well as operates travel agency. Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
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