CPG vs. GRG, GNK, MAB, SSPG, DOM, EIG, JDW, RTN, YNGA, and LGRS
Should you be buying Compass Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Compass Group include Greggs (GRG), Greene King (GNK), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), SSP Group (SSPG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), and Loungers (LGRS). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Greggs (LON:GRG) and Compass Group (LON:CPG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Compass Group has higher revenue and earnings than Greggs. Greggs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Compass Group, 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 4.26%. Compass Group's return on equity of 29.17% beat Greggs' return on equity.
Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Compass Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. Compass Group pays out 5,769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greggs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Compass Group had 13 more articles in the media than Greggs. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Compass Group and 1 mentions for Greggs. Compass Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Greggs' score of 0.52 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Greggs has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Group has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Compass Group received 114 more outperform votes than Greggs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.14% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Compass Group an outperform vote.
59.9% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Compass Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Greggs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Compass Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Greggs currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,375, suggesting a potential upside of 16.38%. Compass Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,374, suggesting a potential upside of 0.55%. Given Compass Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greggs is more favorable than Compass Group.
Summary
Greggs beats Compass Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Compass Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CPG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CPG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Compass Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
Free CPG Stock Alerts