Mitchells & Butlers (MAB) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Mitchells & Butlers is a leading operator of managed restaurants and pubs in the UK. It listed on the London Stock Exchange in April 2003 and is a member of the FTSE 250. Its restaurants and pubs have some of the highest average sales and profits per site in the industry and it operates the best portfolio of brands in the UK.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 310 to 316.50
• 50-Day Range: 267.50 to 330.50
• 52-Week Range: 223.50 to 331.50
• Volume: 64,564 shs
• Average Volume: 1.81 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.87 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.29
• Dividend Yield: 2.73%
• Price Target: GBX 558.75
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Mitchells & Butlers Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Mitchells & Butlers scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Mitchells & Butlers has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Mitchells & Butlers has a consensus price target of GBX 558.75, representing about 78.8% upside from its current price of GBX 312.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Mitchells & Butlers has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Mitchells & Butlers is 10.21, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.84.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Mitchells & Butlers is 10.21, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 26.26.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Mitchells & Butlers has a PEG Ratio of 2.76. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Mitchells & Butlers has a P/B Ratio of 0.73. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MAB.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Mitchells & Butlers pays a meaningful dividend of 2.73%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Mitchells & Butlers does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.38

News Sentiment

Mitchells & Butlers has a news sentiment score of 1.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Mitchells & Butlers this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Mitchells & Butlers insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £550.96 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

32.10% of the stock of Mitchells & Butlers is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

26.79% of the stock of Mitchells & Butlers is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: LON:MAB
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.mbplc.com
• Phone: +44-121-4984000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 50,259
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Mitchells & Butlers: GBX 558.75
• High Price Target: GBX 1,150
• Low Price Target: GBX 340
• Potential Upside/Downside: +77.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 30.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.26
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 2.76
• Net Income: £44.77 million
• Net Margins: 6.70%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 6.41%
• Return on Assets: 3.68%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 47.97
• Current Ratio: 0.48
• Quick Ratio: 0.46

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £2.75 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.68
• Cash Flow: GBX 89.78 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.50
• Book Value: GBX 430.54 per share
• Price / Book: 0.73

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 594,049,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.87 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.29