MAB vs. SSPG, DOM, JDW, YNGA, SMWH, TRN, PETS, CCL, COA, and AML
Should you be buying Mitchells & Butlers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mitchells & Butlers include SSP Group (SSPG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), WH Smith (SMWH), Trainline (TRN), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Coats Group (COA), and Aston Martin Lagonda Global (AML). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) and SSP Group (LON:SSPG) 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 community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. SSP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Mitchells & Butlers pays out -80,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SSP Group pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mitchells & Butlers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mitchells & Butlers has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSP Group has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mitchells & Butlers currently has a consensus price target of GBX 295, indicating a potential upside of 19.68%. SSP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 61.50%. Given SSP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SSP Group is more favorable than Mitchells & Butlers.
SSP Group received 36 more outperform votes than Mitchells & Butlers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.63% of users gave SSP Group an outperform vote while only 56.11% of users gave Mitchells & Butlers an outperform vote.
32.8% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of SSP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of SSP Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SSP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mitchells & Butlers. Mitchells & Butlers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSP Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mitchells & Butlers had 1 more articles in the media than SSP Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mitchells & Butlers and 0 mentions for SSP Group. Mitchells & Butlers' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat SSP Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Mitchells & Butlers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SSP Group has a net margin of 0.27% compared to Mitchells & Butlers' net margin of -0.16%. SSP Group's return on equity of 17.72% beat Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity.
Summary
SSP Group beats Mitchells & Butlers on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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