MTN vs PLAY vs MANU Stock Comparison

Vail Resorts, Dave & Buster's Entertainment and Manchester United Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MTN Vail Resorts Inc
$151.93 +10.0% 1M -0.4% 1Y
Market cap
$5.49B
P/E
37.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.84B
Div. yield
–
Entertainment Venues Consumer Discretionary
4 wins
MANU Manchester United plc
$20.78 +1.5% 1M +16.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.61B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$909.31M
Div. yield
–
Entertainment Venues Consumer Discretionary
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Manchester United leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Manchester United 5, Vail Resorts 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMTNPLAYMANULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.49B $283.88M $3.61B MTN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 37.2x -3.2x -62.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.0x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -4.3% -1.5% +5.5% MANU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.2% -4.3% -6.4% MTN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.2% 1.7% 2.6% MTN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.0x 4.5x 2.4x MANU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -0.4% -54.9% +16.2% MANU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.1%/yr -27.0%/yr +5.0%/yr MANU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.8% 76.6% 33.5% MANU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 34/100 46/100 MTN

Percentile Scorecard

MTNPLAYMANU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMTNPLAYMANU
Valuation 37 #28 of 44 72 #13 of 44 30 #31 of 44
Growth 29 #31 of 43 10 #39 of 43 76 #11 of 43
Profitability 73 #12 of 42 42 #25 of 42 51 #21 of 42
Financial Health 33 #32 of 47 11 #42 of 47 26 #35 of 47
Shareholder Returns 59 #12 of 28 – –
Overall 46 34 46
  • MTN ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure
  • PLAY ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure
  • MANU ranked among 48 companies in Gaming and Leisure

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMTNPLAYMANUSPY
1 month +10.0%+20.3%+1.5% +0.9%
3 months -5.1%-24.8%-11.1% +5.9%
6 months +24.4%-30.8%+18.7% +8.5%
Year to date +14.4%-52.4%+30.5% +13.3%
1 year -0.4%-54.9%+16.2% +12.4%
3 years -26.4%-77.7%+17.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year -9.7%-39.4%+5.5% +23.5%
5 years -55.9%-79.2%+27.6% +68.2%
5 years, per year -15.1%-27.0%+5.0% +11.0%
10 years -3.0%-81.1%+36.3% +263.4%
10 years, per year -0.3%-15.4%+3.1% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureMTNPLAYMANUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.8%76.6%33.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.0%80.6%32.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.471.590.68 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.01-0.720.48 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.0%-90.7%-54.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.1%-63.6%-14.1% -0.9%
52-week high $161.76$21.17$24.19 $779.14
52-week low $119.02$6.38$15.20 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMTNPLAYMANU
P/E now vs peer median 36.8xmedian 16.8x -3.0xmedian 16.8x -61.9xmedian 16.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.9x 0.1xmedian 1.9x 4.0xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 10.2x 5.3xmedian 10.2x 13.0xmedian 10.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 11.2x -16.8xmedian 11.2x 9.9xmedian 11.2x
P/B now vs peer median 9.7xmedian 2.2x 3.1xmedian 2.2x 18.2xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -2.47median 0.44 0.07median 0.44 3.66median 0.44

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMTNPLAYMANU
Revenue $2.84B $2.08B $909.31M
Gross profit – $1.78B -$21.12M
Operating income $420.54M $36.20M $30.28M
Net income $170.74M -$88.60M -$57.81M
Free cash flow $248.00M -$16.00M $363.93M
EPS (diluted) $4.12 $-2.55 $-0.34
Cash & equivalents $231.35M $16.00M $89.13M
Total debt $3.19B $1.51B $3.96B
Shares (diluted) 35.79M 34.81M 172.43M
Enterprise value $3.89B $218.08M $3.27B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMTNPLAYMANU
P/E 36.8x -3.0x -61.9x
P/FCF 21.8x -16.8x 9.9x
P/Operating cash flow 11.3x 0.8x 14.3x
P/S 1.9x 0.1x 4.0x
P/B 9.7x 3.1x 18.2x
P/Tangible book 20.5x -3.0x 18.2x
EV/EBITDA 11.5x 5.3x 13.0x
EV/EBIT 19.8x 48.6x 146.8x
EV/Revenue 2.9x 0.8x 4.9x
EV/FCF 33.6x -110.0x 12.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.4x 5.5x 17.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.47 0.07 3.66

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMTNPLAYMANU
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.3% -1.5% 5.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.6% -1.6% 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -1.8% 24.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -0.9% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -24.9% -78.3% 223.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -5.9% -50.9% 62.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -42.7% -1,013% -36.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -15.5% -38.3% -19.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -45.2% -1,022% -35.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -14.9% -41.0% -16.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -13.6% 38.9% 128.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.1% -7.6% 22.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -22.4% 94.9% 141.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.4% -28.4% 34.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMTNPLAYMANU
Gross margin – 85.4% -2.3%
EBITDA margin 25.6% 15.9% 37.6%
Operating margin 14.8% 1.7% 3.3%
Pretax margin 8.0% -5.6% -7.0%
Net margin 5.2% -4.3% -6.4%
FCF margin 8.7% -0.8% 40.0%
Operating cash flow margin 16.9% 15.5% 27.8%
Return on equity 23.2% -94.5% -26.5%
Return on assets 3.0% -2.1% -2.8%
Return on invested capital 8.2% 1.7% 2.6%
Return on capital employed 9.3% 1.0% 2.5%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.8x -3.6x -4.4x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 0.6% 0.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMTNPLAYMANU
Debt / assets 57.7% 36.6% 44.5%
Debt / equity 5.7x 17.2x 4.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.0x 4.5x 2.4x
Debt / FCF 12.8x -94.2x 2.5x
Liabilities / assets 89.9% 97.9% 90.3%
Equity / assets 10.1% 2.1% 9.7%
Interest coverage 2.0x 0.2x 0.5x
Current ratio 0.8x 0.3x 0.3x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.1x 0.2x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.0x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.51 0.69 0.97

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMTNPLAYMANU
Dividend yield 5.8% – –
Net buyback yield 0.8% – –
Shareholder yield 6.7% 0.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMTNPLAYMANU
Forward P/E 28.0xFY2027 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $5.43FY2027 $-1.62FY2026 $-0.18FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +31.8%FY2027 – –
EPS growth, the year after +15.3% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.95BFY2027 $2.03BFY2026 $1.07BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +4.0%FY2027 -3.4%FY2026 +19.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +9.8% -0.2% -6.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMTNPLAYMANU
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 17.1%
Institutions holding 439 171 125
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.8% +2.6% +5.0%
Institutions buying 226 92 63
Institutions selling 145 56 30
Buyers to sellers 1.56 1.64 2.10

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MTNPLAYMANU
MTN 1.00 0.30 0.21
PLAY 0.30 1.00 0.17
MANU 0.21 0.17 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MTN, PLAY and MANU?

Vail Resorts (MTN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Vail Resorts (MTN) $5.49B, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) $283.88M, Manchester United (MANU) $3.61B.

Which company is growing faster?

Manchester United (MANU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Vail Resorts (MTN) -4.3%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) -1.5%, Manchester United (MANU) +5.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Vail Resorts (MTN) has the highest net margin (Vail Resorts (MTN) 5.2%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) -4.3%, Manchester United (MANU) -6.4%). On return on invested capital, Vail Resorts (MTN) leads (Vail Resorts (MTN) 8.2%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) 1.7%, Manchester United (MANU) 2.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Manchester United (MANU) returned the most: Vail Resorts (MTN) -0.4%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) -54.9%, Manchester United (MANU) +16.2%. Over five years, Manchester United (MANU) compounded fastest (Vail Resorts (MTN) -15.1%/yr, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) -27.0%/yr, Manchester United (MANU) +5.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Manchester United (MANU) has been the steadiest (Vail Resorts (MTN) 37.8%, Dave & Buster's Entertainment (PLAY) 76.6%, Manchester United (MANU) 33.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MTN, PLAY and MANU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Manchester United (MANU) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.