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J D Wetherspoon (JDW) Competitors

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GBX 776.17 +6.67 (+0.87%)
As of 07/3/2025 12:18 PM 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. Its Competitors

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

J D Wetherspoon has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Greene King£2.22B0.00N/A£38.70N/A
J D Wetherspoon£1.93B0.47£46.29M£39.3019.75

Given Greene King's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Greene King is more favorable than J D Wetherspoon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Greene King
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
J D Wetherspoon
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, J D Wetherspoon had 3 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for J D Wetherspoon and 0 mentions for Greene King. J D Wetherspoon's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that J D Wetherspoon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Greene King Neutral
J D Wetherspoon Neutral

Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. J D Wetherspoon pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J D Wetherspoon pays out 30.5% 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.

70.0% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by institutional investors. 31.3% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock 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
Greene KingN/A N/A N/A
J D Wetherspoon 2.40%12.66%4.59%

Summary

J D Wetherspoon beats Greene King on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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JDW vs. The Competition

MetricJ D WetherspoonRestaurants IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£910.52M£2.92B£3.36B£2.97B
Dividend Yield0.02%4.96%3.52%5.02%
P/E Ratio19.7516.8171.32146.59
Price / Sales0.4754.8271.38240,166.95
Price / Cash12.8643.1831.1627.97
Price / Book2.392.243.855.32
Net Income£46.29M£96.75M£262.42M£5.90B
7 Day Performance0.34%-0.54%0.86%0.88%
1 Month Performance6.03%-0.46%2.79%5.17%
1 Year Performance3.21%-3.98%2,633.37%80.72%

J D Wetherspoon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
N/AGBX 776.17
+0.9%
N/A+3.4%£910.52M£1.93B19.7541,754Positive News
GNK
Greene King
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.63B£2.22B21.941,010High Trading Volume
GRG
Greggs
3.4948 of 5 stars
GBX 1,974.57
+3.4%
GBX 3,250
+64.6%
-39.4%£1.99B£1.90B14.6531,839Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MAB
Mitchells & Butlers
N/AGBX 285.61
+0.9%
N/A-0.7%£1.69B£2.60B37.8350,259Positive News
SSPG
SSP Group
1.5452 of 5 stars
GBX 169
+3.2%
GBX 231.67
+37.1%
+25.8%£1.35B£3.21B177.1342,000Dividend 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
3.46 of 5 stars
GBX 261.60
+1.1%
GBX 390
+49.1%
-15.9%£1.02B£664.24M13.411,630
YNGA
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 964.20
+0.1%
N/A-1.6%£540.43M£372.61M51.185,654
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 628.40
+1.7%
N/A-1.0%£464.62M£491.53M33.067,172Gap Up
LGRS
Loungers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£336.83M£347.93M37.517,500

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This page (LON:JDW) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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