GRG vs. GNK, MAB, SSPG, EIG, 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), SSP Group (SSPG), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), 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
Greene King (LON:GNK) and Greggs (LON:GRG) are both restaurants industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.
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.
Greggs has a consensus target price of GBX 2,064, indicating a potential upside of 20.91%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Greggs is more favorable than Greene King.
Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greggs pays out 48.9% 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 lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 23 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Greggs and 0 mentions for Greene King. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
63.7% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Greggs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Greggs beats Greene King on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GRG) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
