MARS vs. JDW, DOM, RTN, YNGA, YNGN, LGRS, FSTA, DPEU, CPC, and FUL
Should you be buying Marston's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marston's include J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), Loungers (LGRS), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), DP Eurasia (DPEU), The City Pub Group (CPC), and Fulham Shore (FUL). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Marston's vs. Its Competitors
Marston's (LON:MARS) and J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Marston's and Marston's both had 5 articles in the media. J D Wetherspoon's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Marston's' score of -0.36 indicating that J D Wetherspoon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J D Wetherspoon has a consensus target price of GBX 490, indicating a potential downside of 32.97%. Given J D Wetherspoon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe J D Wetherspoon is more favorable than Marston's.
J D Wetherspoon has higher revenue and earnings than Marston's. Marston's 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.
J D Wetherspoon has a net margin of 2.40% compared to Marston's' net margin of -1.91%. J D Wetherspoon's return on equity of 12.66% beat Marston's' return on equity.
Marston's has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J D Wetherspoon has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
74.5% of Marston's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of J D Wetherspoon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Marston's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of J D Wetherspoon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marston's pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.3%. J D Wetherspoon pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Marston's pays out -293.4% 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. Marston's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
J D Wetherspoon beats Marston's on 11 of the 17 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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This page (LON:MARS) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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