MAB vs. GRG, GNK, SSPG, DOM, EIG, JDW, RTN, YNGA, LGRS, and DPEU
Should you be buying Mitchells & Butlers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mitchells & Butlers include Greggs (GRG), Greene King (GNK), SSP Group (SSPG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Loungers (LGRS), and DP Eurasia (DPEU). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) and Greggs (LON:GRG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
32.6% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Greggs shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Greggs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mitchells & Butlers received 58 more outperform votes than Greggs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.14% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote while only 56.14% of users gave Mitchells & Butlers an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Mitchells & Butlers had 6 more articles in the media than Greggs. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Mitchells & Butlers and 1 mentions for Greggs. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Mitchells & Butlers' score of 0.99 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mitchells & Butlers currently has a consensus price target of GBX 332.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.56%. Greggs has a consensus price target of GBX 3,375, suggesting a potential upside of 16.38%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greggs is more favorable than Mitchells & Butlers.
Greggs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mitchells & Butlers. Greggs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitchells & Butlers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greggs has a net margin of 7.87% compared to Mitchells & Butlers' net margin of 1.72%. Greggs' return on equity of 29.17% beat Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity.
Mitchells & Butlers has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greggs has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Mitchells & Butlers pays out 11,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greggs pays out 4,460.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Greggs beats Mitchells & Butlers on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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