Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) versus The Competition Head to Head Contrast

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

Profitability

This table compares Flutter Entertainment and its competitors’ 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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Flutter Entertainment and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flutter Entertainment	0	0	20	1	3.05
Flutter Entertainment Competitors	1261	5058	11258	337	2.60

Flutter Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $311.41, suggesting a potential upside of 32.94%. As a group, “Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related” companies have a potential upside of 28.70%. Given Flutter Entertainment’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Flutter Entertainment is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Flutter Entertainment and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flutter Entertainment	$14.05 billion	-$1.22 billion	1,064.74
Flutter Entertainment Competitors	$11.36 billion	$2.53 billion	-35,684.23

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

Insider & Institutional 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Flutter Entertainment beats its competitors on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

About Flutter Entertainment

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.