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Marston's (MARS) Competitors

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GBX 41.60 -0.65 (-1.54%)
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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

Domino's Pizza Group (LON:DOM) and Marston's (LON:MARS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Domino's Pizza Group has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marston's has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Domino's Pizza Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 52.94%. Given Domino's Pizza Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Domino's Pizza Group is more favorable than Marston's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Domino's Pizza Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Marston's
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Domino's Pizza Group11.44% -67.25% 13.75%
Marston's -1.91%-2.72%3.72%

Domino's Pizza Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Domino's Pizza Group£664.24M1.50£76.02M£19.5113.07
Marston's£891.28M0.29-£17.06M-£2.73-15.25

Domino's Pizza Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Marston's pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.2%. Domino's Pizza Group pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marston's pays out -293.4% 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.

In the previous week, Domino's Pizza Group had 4 more articles in the media than Marston's. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Domino's Pizza Group and 8 mentions for Marston's. Marston's' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Domino's Pizza Group's score of -0.10 indicating that Marston's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Domino's Pizza Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Marston's
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

73.2% of Domino's Pizza Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.5% of Marston's shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Domino's Pizza Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Marston's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Domino's Pizza Group beats Marston's on 9 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

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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MARS vs. The Competition

MetricMarston'sRestaurants IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£261.89M£2.91B£3.34B£2.95B
Dividend Yield20.75%4.96%3.52%5.02%
P/E Ratio-15.2517.0371.29144.07
Price / Sales0.2955.1970.97226,514.83
Price / Cash8.0143.1831.1627.97
Price / Book0.402.263.815.30
Net Income-£17.06M£96.75M£262.42M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.36%-0.23%1.33%0.74%
1 Month Performance0.60%-0.35%2.60%4.60%
1 Year Performance37.75%-3.11%2,628.82%80.91%

Marston's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MARS
Marston's
N/AGBX 41.60
-1.5%
N/A+40.1%£261.89M£891.28M-15.2510,000Analyst Forecast
DOM
Domino's Pizza Group
3.4063 of 5 stars
GBX 262
+1.2%
GBX 390
+48.9%
-15.4%£1.02B£664.24M13.431,630Trending News
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
N/AGBX 756.32
+0.8%
N/A+7.5%£887.24M£1.93B19.2441,754News Coverage
YNGA
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 978.03
+1.6%
N/A-1.3%£548.17M£372.61M51.925,654Positive News
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
YNGN
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 621.60
+0.6%
N/A+1.1%£459.60M£491.53M32.717,172News Coverage
LGRS
Loungers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£336.83M£347.93M37.517,500
FSTA
Fuller, Smith & Turner
N/AGBX 594
+1.4%
N/A-13.0%£325.41M£330.76M39.095,000Positive News
DPEU
DP Eurasia
N/AN/AN/AN/A£278.52M£2.53B4,750.001,457Gap Down
CPC
The City Pub Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£153.75M£63.32M8,850.001,053
FUL
Fulham Shore
N/AN/AN/AN/A£89.23M£93.13M975.007,000

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This page (LON:MARS) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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