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J D Wetherspoon (JDW) Competitors

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GBX 724.50 -10.50 (-1.43%)
As of 05/21/2025 11:53 AM Eastern

JDW vs. GNK, GRG, MAB, SSPG, EIG, DOM, YNGA, RTN, YNGN, and LGRS

Should you be buying J D Wetherspoon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J D Wetherspoon include Greene King (GNK), Greggs (GRG), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), SSP Group (SSPG), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), 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.

J D Wetherspoon vs.

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

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 0.75 beat Greene King's score of -0.76 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Greene King
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Greene King received 379 more outperform votes than J D Wetherspoon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.37% of users gave Greene King an outperform vote while only 42.74% of users gave J D Wetherspoon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
J D WetherspoonOutperform Votes
309
42.74%
Underperform Votes
414
57.26%
Greene KingOutperform Votes
688
80.37%
Underperform Votes
168
19.63%

70.0% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by institutional investors. 31.3% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 Wetherspoon2.40% 12.66% 4.59%
Greene King N/A N/A N/A

J D Wetherspoon presently has a consensus price target of GBX 172, indicating a potential downside of 76.26%. Given Greene King's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Greene King
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
J D Wetherspoon£1.93B0.44£46.29M£39.3018.44
Greene King£2.22B0.00N/A£38.70N/A

J D Wetherspoon pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. J D Wetherspoon pays out 30.5% 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.

Summary

J D Wetherspoon beats Greene King on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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JDW vs. The Competition

MetricJ D WetherspoonRestaurants IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£849.91M£3.09B£3.36B£2.68B
Dividend Yield0.02%4.96%3.49%5.05%
P/E Ratio18.4416.8489.50134.32
Price / Sales0.4455.7867.04203,702.45
Price / Cash12.8643.1831.0728.02
Price / Book2.232.243.743.79
Net Income£46.29M£96.75M£262.99M£5.89B
7 Day Performance0.56%-1.09%0.15%7.78%
1 Month Performance17.04%5.34%30.38%29.45%
1 Year Performance-9.77%-6.37%2,597.90%119.74%

J D Wetherspoon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
1.6273 of 5 stars
GBX 724.50
-1.4%
GBX 172
-76.3%
-9.8%£849.91M£1.93B18.4441,754
GNK
Greene King
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.63B£2.22B21.941,010High Trading Volume
GRG
Greggs
3.0677 of 5 stars
GBX 1,893
+1.8%
GBX 3,292.50
+73.9%
-23.9%£1.91B£1.90B14.0431,839Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MAB
Mitchells & Butlers
2.1047 of 5 stars
GBX 272.50
+0.9%
GBX 340
+24.8%
+3.8%£1.62B£2.60B36.0950,259Gap Down
SSPG
SSP Group
2.3045 of 5 stars
GBX 167.90
+1.2%
GBX 231.67
+38.0%
-8.9%£1.34B£3.21B175.9742,000Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£724M-6.16680
DOM
Domino's Pizza Group
3.5911 of 5 stars
GBX 272.60
flat
GBX 390
+43.1%
-21.4%£1.06B£664.24M13.981,630
YNGA
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 938.50
-1.4%
GBX 1,300
+38.5%
-8.9%£526.02M£372.61M49.825,654
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
YNGN
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 629.51
-0.4%
N/A+1.5%£465.44M£491.53M33.127,172News Coverage
LGRS
Loungers
N/AN/AGBX 370
+∞
N/A£336.83M£347.93M37.517,500

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This page (LON:JDW) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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