MARS vs. YNGN, FSTA, LGRS, DPP, YNGA, HSW, TUNE, GYM, ULTP, and HEAD
Should you be buying Marston's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marston's include Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), Loungers (LGRS), DP Poland (DPP), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Hostelworld Group (HSW), Focusrite (TUNE), The Gym Group (GYM), Ultimate Products (ULTP), and Headlam Group (HEAD). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGN) and Marston's (LON:MARS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Marston's pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 28.6%. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays out 4,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marston's pays out -80,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marston's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Marston's received 411 more outperform votes than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.03% of users gave Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. an outperform vote while only 63.94% of users gave Marston's an outperform vote.
77.9% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Marston's shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Marston's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marston's. Marston's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marston's has a consensus target price of GBX 66.50, suggesting a potential upside of 137.50%. Given Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marston's is more favorable than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C..
In the previous week, Marston's had 18 more articles in the media than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Marston's and 1 mentions for Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Marston's' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s score of -0.13 indicating that Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marston's has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has a net margin of 7.39% compared to Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s net margin of -1.07%. Marston's' return on equity of 3.89% beat Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s return on equity.
Summary
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. beats Marston's on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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