J D Wetherspoon (JDW) Competitors

J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) and Greene King (LON:GNK) are both restaurants industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in JDW or GNK?

41.2% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by institutional investors. 28.3% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer JDW or GNK?

J D Wetherspoon currently has a consensus price target of GBX 490, suggesting a potential downside of 22.47%. Given Greene King's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greene King is more favorable than J D Wetherspoon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
J D Wetherspoon	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Greene King	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is JDW or GNK more profitable?

J D Wetherspoon has a net margin of 2.40% compared to Greene King's net margin of 0.00%. J D Wetherspoon's return on equity of 12.66% beat Greene King's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
J D Wetherspoon	2.40%	12.66%	4.59%
Greene King	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer JDW or GNK?

In the previous week, J D Wetherspoon and J D Wetherspoon both had 1 articles in the media. J D Wetherspoon's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that J D Wetherspoon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
J D Wetherspoon	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Greene King	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is JDW or GNK a better dividend stock?

J D Wetherspoon pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. J D Wetherspoon pays out 0.2% 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. J D Wetherspoon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation & earnings, JDW or GNK?

J D Wetherspoon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greene King. Greene King is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J D Wetherspoon, 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
J D Wetherspoon	£2.13B	0.31	£46.29M	£51.00	12.39
Greene King	£2.22B	0.00	N/A	£38.70	N/A

Summary

J D Wetherspoon beats Greene King on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.