Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) vs. Its Peers Head to Head Comparison

Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) is one of 120 public companies in the “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Flutter Entertainment to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.9% of shares of all “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of shares of all “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies are owned by insiders. 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Flutter Entertainment and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flutter Entertainment	0	0	19	1	3.05
Flutter Entertainment Competitors	1266	5074	11272	338	2.60

Flutter Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $311.41, indicating a potential upside of 28.89%. As a group, “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies have a potential upside of 29.00%. Given Flutter Entertainment’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flutter Entertainment has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Flutter Entertainment and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flutter Entertainment	-6.86%	-4.52%	-1.85%
Flutter Entertainment Competitors	-138.86%	-18.64%	-3.29%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Flutter Entertainment and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flutter Entertainment	$14.05 billion	-$1.22 billion	1,098.24
Flutter Entertainment Competitors	$11.36 billion	$2.53 billion	-35,695.51

Flutter Entertainment has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its peers. Flutter Entertainment is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Flutter Entertainment beats its peers on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

Flutter Entertainment Company Profile

Flutter Entertainment plc operates as a sports betting and gaming company in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, the United States, Italy, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: UK & Ireland, Australia, International, and US. It offers sports betting, iGaming, daily fantasy sports, online racing wagering, and TV broadcasting products; sportsbooks and exchange sports betting products, and gaming products; and online sports betting. In addition, it provides online poker, casino, and rummy. Further, it provides sports betting and gaming services through paddypower.com, betfair.com, sportsbet.com.au, tvg.com, us.betfair.com, fanduel.com, adjarabet.com, pokerstars.com, Skybet.com, tombola.com, sisal.com, and maxbet.rs websites under the FanDuel, Sky Betting & Gaming, Sportsbet, PokerStars, Paddy Power, Sisal, tombola, Betfair, MaxBet, TVG, Stardust, Junglee Games, and Adjarabet brands, as well as live poker tours and events. The company was formerly known as Paddy Power Betfair plc and changed its name to Flutter Entertainment plc in 2019. Flutter Entertainment plc was incorporated in 1958 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.