MARS vs. CPC, LGRS, FSTA, YNGN, DPP, DPEU, YNGA, TUNE, HSW, and GYM
Should you be buying Marston's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marston's include The City Pub Group (CPC), Loungers (LGRS), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), DP Poland (DPP), DP Eurasia (DPEU), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Focusrite (TUNE), Hostelworld Group (HSW), and The Gym Group (GYM). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
The City Pub Group (LON:CPC) and Marston's (LON:MARS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Marston's received 518 more outperform votes than The City Pub Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.74% of users gave The City Pub Group an outperform vote while only 63.94% of users gave Marston's an outperform vote.
The City Pub Group has a net margin of 0.09% compared to The City Pub Group's net margin of -1.07%. Marston's' return on equity of 0.06% beat The City Pub Group's return on equity.
Marston's has a consensus price target of GBX 66.50, suggesting a potential upside of 135.40%. Given The City Pub Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marston's is more favorable than The City Pub Group.
The City Pub Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Marston's pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 28.3%. Marston's pays out -40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
55.5% of The City Pub Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Marston's shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of The City Pub Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Marston's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Marston's had 3 more articles in the media than The City Pub Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Marston's and 1 mentions for The City Pub Group. The City Pub Group's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Marston's' score of -0.31 indicating that Marston's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The City Pub Group has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marston's has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The City Pub Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marston's.
Summary
Marston's beats The City Pub Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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