MAB vs. GNK, GRG, SSPG, EIG, DOM, JDW, YNGA, RTN, YNGN, and LGRS
Should you be buying Mitchells & Butlers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mitchells & Butlers include Greene King (GNK), Greggs (GRG), 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.
Mitchells & Butlers vs. Its Competitors
Greene King (LON:GNK) and Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) are both restaurants industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitchells & Butlers pays out 106.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
34.2% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mitchells & Butlers has higher revenue and earnings than Greene King. Greene King is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitchells & Butlers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mitchells & Butlers has a net margin of 1.72% compared to Greene King's net margin of 0.00%. Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity of 1.89% beat Greene King's return on equity.
Given Greene King's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Greene King is more favorable than Mitchells & Butlers.
In the previous week, Greene King's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Mitchells & Butlers'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Mitchells & Butlers beats Greene King on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:MAB) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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