MAB vs. GRG, GNK, DOM, SSPG, EIG, JDW, RTN, YNGA, LGRS, and DPEU
Should you be buying Mitchells & Butlers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mitchells & Butlers include Greggs (GRG), Greene King (GNK), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), SSP Group (SSPG), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Loungers (LGRS), and DP Eurasia (DPEU). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Greggs (LON:GRG) and Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
59.9% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.6% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Greggs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mitchells & Butlers received 57 more outperform votes than Greggs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.14% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave Mitchells & Butlers an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mitchells & Butlers had 3 more articles in the media than Greggs. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Mitchells & Butlers and 2 mentions for Greggs. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Mitchells & Butlers' score of 0.05 indicating that Mitchells & Butlers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greggs currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,375, suggesting a potential upside of 14.80%. Mitchells & Butlers has a consensus target price of GBX 307.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.16%. Given Mitchells & Butlers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Greggs is more favorable than Mitchells & Butlers.
Greggs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mitchells & Butlers. Greggs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitchells & Butlers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greggs has a net margin of 7.87% compared to Greggs' net margin of 1.72%. Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity of 29.17% beat Greggs' return on equity.
Greggs has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitchells & Butlers has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Greggs pays out 4,460.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mitchells & Butlers pays out 11,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Greggs beats Mitchells & Butlers on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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