MARS vs. DOM, JDW, YNGA, RTN, 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 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), 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 Domino's Pizza Group (LON:DOM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Domino's Pizza Group has a consensus price target of GBX 312.50, suggesting a potential upside of 58.63%. Given Domino's Pizza Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Domino's Pizza Group is more favorable than Marston's.
Domino's Pizza Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marston's. Marston's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Domino's Pizza Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marston's has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domino's Pizza Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
38.2% of Marston's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of Domino's Pizza Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Marston's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Domino's Pizza Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Domino's Pizza Group had 2 more articles in the media than Marston's. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Domino's Pizza Group and 3 mentions for Marston's. Marston's' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Domino's Pizza Group's score of -0.08 indicating that Marston's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Domino's Pizza Group has a net margin of 11.44% compared to Marston's' net margin of -1.91%. Marston's' return on equity of -2.72% beat Domino's Pizza Group's return on equity.
Summary
Domino's Pizza Group beats Marston's on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:MARS) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
