JDW vs. DOM, MAB, YNGA, LGRS, SSPG, CRN, WOSG, THG, DAL, and TIFS
Should you be buying J D Wetherspoon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J D Wetherspoon include Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Loungers (LGRS), SSP Group (SSPG), Cairn Homes (CRN), Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG), THG (THG), Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), and TI Fluid Systems (TIFS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) and Domino's Pizza Group (LON:DOM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
71.3% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Domino's Pizza Group shares are held by institutional investors. 32.7% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Domino's Pizza Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
J D Wetherspoon presently has a consensus target price of GBX 925, indicating a potential upside of 25.08%. Domino's Pizza Group has a consensus target price of GBX 445, indicating a potential upside of 33.31%. Given Domino's Pizza Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Domino's Pizza Group is more favorable than J D Wetherspoon.
Domino's Pizza Group has a net margin of 16.92% compared to J D Wetherspoon's net margin of 2.07%. J D Wetherspoon's return on equity of 10.96% beat Domino's Pizza Group's return on equity.
J D Wetherspoon has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domino's Pizza Group has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
J D Wetherspoon pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Domino's Pizza Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. J D Wetherspoon pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Domino's Pizza Group pays out 3,928.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Domino's Pizza Group received 238 more outperform votes than J D Wetherspoon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.99% of users gave Domino's Pizza Group an outperform vote while only 42.90% of users gave J D Wetherspoon an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Domino's Pizza Group had 13 more articles in the media than J D Wetherspoon. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Domino's Pizza Group and 4 mentions for J D Wetherspoon. J D Wetherspoon's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Domino's Pizza Group's score of 0.07 indicating that J D Wetherspoon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Domino's Pizza Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than J D Wetherspoon. Domino's Pizza Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J D Wetherspoon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Domino's Pizza Group beats J D Wetherspoon on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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