GRG vs. GNK, MAB, EIG, SSPG, DOM, JDW, YNGA, RTN, YNGN, and LGRS
Should you be buying Greggs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greggs include Greene King (GNK), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), SSP Group (SSPG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), and Loungers (LGRS). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Greggs vs. Its Competitors
Greggs (LON:GRG) and Greene King (LON:GNK) are both restaurants industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
Greggs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greene King. Greene King is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greggs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Greggs had 2 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greggs and 0 mentions for Greene King. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. Greggs pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Greggs has a net margin of 7.13% compared to Greene King's net margin of 0.00%. Greggs' return on equity of 26.79% beat Greene King's return on equity.
63.7% of Greggs shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Greggs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Greggs presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,016.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.72%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Greggs is more favorable than Greene King.
Summary
Greggs beats Greene King on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GRG) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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