Greggs (GRG) Competitors

Greggs (LON:GRG) and Greene King (LON:GNK) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GRG or GNK?

57.9% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Greggs shares are held by 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.

Do analysts prefer GRG or GNK?

Greggs presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,461.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.77%. Given Greggs' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Greggs is more favorable than Greene King.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greggs	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Greene King	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is GRG or GNK a better dividend stock?

Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greggs pays out 4,850.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to GRG or GNK?

In the previous week, Greggs had 4 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Greggs and 3 mentions for Greene King. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greggs	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Greene King	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GRG or GNK?

Greene King received 247 more outperform votes than Greggs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.37% of users gave Greene King an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greggs	Outperform Votes 441 64.10%	Underperform Votes 247 35.90%
Greene King	Outperform Votes 688 80.37%	Underperform Votes 168 19.63%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GRG or GNK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greggs	£1.93B	1.65	£137.30M	£1.34	2,337.31
Greene King	£2.22B	1.19	N/A	£38.70	21.94

Is GRG or GNK more profitable?

Greggs has a net margin of 7.13% compared to Greene King's net margin of 0.00%. Greggs' return on equity of 28.74% beat Greene King's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greggs	7.13%	28.74%	10.93%
Greene King	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Greggs beats Greene King on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.