Marston's (MARS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Marston's PLC operates managed, franchised, tenanted, partnership, and leased pubs in the United Kingdom. It is also involved in the property management; telecommunications; and insurance businesses. The company was formerly known as The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries PLC and changed its name to Marston's PLC in January 2007. The company was founded in 1834 and is based in Wolverhampton, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 39 to 41.70
• 50-Day Range: 36.35 to 44.75
• 52-Week Range: 25.55 to 46.65
• Volume: 475,572 shs
• Average Volume: 1.87 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £258.11 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 19.66%
• Price Target: GBX 58
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Marston's Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Marston's scored higher than 66% 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: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Marston's has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Marston's has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Marston's is -1,356.67, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Marston's is -1,356.67, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Marston's, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Marston's has a P/B Ratio of 0.43. 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 MARS.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Marston's is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 20.75%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Marston's does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for MARS.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.17

News Sentiment

Marston's has a news sentiment score of 0.17. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.36 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Marston's this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Marston's insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £106,400 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.83% of the stock of Marston's is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

74.50% of the stock of Marston's is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

MARS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have MARS shares performed this year?

Marston's' stock was trading at GBX 33.80 at the start of the year. Since then, MARS shares have increased by 20.4% and is now trading at GBX 40.70.
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How do I buy shares of Marston's?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Marston's own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Marston's investors own include Barclays (BARC), Inland Homes (INL), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Interserve (IRV), Aviva (AV), Melrose Industries (MRO) and boohoo group (BOO).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Restaurants
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:MARS
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.marstons.co.uk
• Phone: +44-1902-711811
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 10,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 58
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 58
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 58
• Potential Upside/Downside: +42.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX (0.03)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 4.88
• P/E Growth: -0.16
• Net Income: £-17,100,000.00
• Net Margins: -1.91%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -2.80%
• Return on Assets: 3.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 269.71
• Current Ratio: 0.15
• Quick Ratio: 0.23

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £893.40 million
• Price / Sales: 0.29
• Cash Flow: GBX 5.09 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.01
• Book Value: GBX 95 per share
• Price / Book: 0.43

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 634,180,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £258.62 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.68