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: 47.20 to 48.50
• 50-Day Range: 45.25 to 56.80
• 52-Week Range: 35.88 to 69.20
• Volume: 1.42 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.96 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £298.71 million
• P/E Ratio: 4.25
• Dividend Yield: 20.75%
• Price Target: GBX 78.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Marston's Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Marston's scored higher than 70% 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: 3.7 / 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 no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Marston's has a consensus price target of GBX 78.67, representing about 66.7% upside from its current price of GBX 47.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Marston's has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Marston's is 4.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.96.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Marston's is 4.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 77.72.

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 0.45. 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.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.08

News Sentiment

Marston's has a news sentiment score of 0.08. 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 0.45 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Marston's this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

11 people have searched for MARS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 1,000% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Marston's insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.35% of the stock of Marston's is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

27.17% of the stock of Marston's is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/12/2026
• Today: 5/23/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Restaurants
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:MARS
• 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 Price Target for Marston's: GBX 78.67
• High Price Target: GBX 81
• Low Price Target: GBX 75
• Potential Upside/Downside: +66.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 11.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4.25
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.64
• P/E Growth: -0.16
• Net Income: -£17.06 million
• Net Margins: 8.35%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 9.30%
• Return on Assets: 3.72%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 154.69
• Current Ratio: 0.30
• Quick Ratio: 0.23

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £893.20 million
• Price / Sales: 0.33
• Cash Flow: GBX 5.89 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.01
• Book Value: GBX 103.77 per share
• Price / Book: 0.45

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 632,858,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £298.71 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.53