Manchester United Ltd. (MANU) vs Versant Media Group, Inc. (VSNT)

Manchester United Ltd. and Versant Media Group, Inc. are both Entertainment companies. Versant Media Group, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.7B against $3.6B — 1.3× the size. Manchester United Ltd. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Versant Media Group, Inc. trades at 4.0×. Versant Media Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (17.3% vs −2.70%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.1% vs 1.64%). Across the 16 metrics below, Versant Media Group, Inc. leads on 15 and Manchester United Ltd. on 1.

Valuation

Metric MANU VSNT Entertainment median
P/E n/m 4.03 22.03
P/S 3.83 0.68 1.47
P/B 14.55 0.56 2.00
Price to free cash flow n/m 1.38 16.60
EV/EBITDA 13.04 2.24 9.65
EV/Sales 4.85 0.90 1.76
Earnings yield (0.69%) 24.81% (0.67%)
Free cash flow yield (2.78%) 72.72% 3.26%

Profitability

Metric MANU VSNT Entertainment median
Gross margin 100.00% 60.83% 45.02%
Operating margin 3.36% 25.47% 2.30%
Net margin (2.70%) 17.29% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin (10.67%) 49.76% 1.56%
Return on equity (10.11%) 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets (1.19%) 18.30% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 1.64% 11.07% 0.00%

Growth

Metric MANU VSNT Entertainment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.40% — 5.07%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 70.93% — —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.09% — 10.25%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric MANU VSNT Entertainment median
Debt to equity 4.20 0.36 0.46
Current ratio 0.37 2.38 0.86
Net debt to EBITDA 2.83 (0.05) 0.72

Dividend

Metric MANU VSNT Entertainment median
Dividend yield 0.53% — 1.16%
Payout ratio — — 0.00

Size

Metric MANU VSNT Entertainment median
Market cap 3.61b 4.65b 1.87b

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