SSP Group (SSPG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

SSP is a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, with c.37,000 colleagues in over 600 locations across 36 countries. We operate sit-down and quick service restaurants, cafes, lounges and food-led convenience stores, principally in airports and train stations, with a portfolio of more than 550 international, national and local brands. These include our own brands (such as UrbanCrave, which brought the first "street eats" concept to airports in the US, Nippon Ramen, a noodle and dumpling concept in the Asia Pac region, and Juniper, a premium bar in the UK) as well as franchise brands (such as M&S, Starbucks and Burger King). Our purpose is to be the best part of the journey, and this is underpinned by our aim to bring leading brands and innovative concepts to our clients and customers around the world, with an emphasis on great value, taste, quality and service - using digital technology to boost efficiency.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 186.20 to 192.90
• 50-Day Range: 174.10 to 197.20
• 52-Week Range: 137.30 to 219.40
• Volume: 2.68 million shs
• Average Volume: 10.17 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.41 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.37%
• Price Target: GBX 807.40
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

SSP Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

SSP Group scored higher than 43% 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: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

SSP Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

SSP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 807.40, representing about 326.3% upside from its current price of GBX 189.40.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

SSP Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of SSP Group is -52.61, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of SSP Group is -52.61, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for SSP Group, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

SSP Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.94. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued 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 SSPG.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

SSP Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.37%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

SSP Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

SSP Group has a news sentiment score of 0.59. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Discretionary companies.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, SSP Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £176,592.38 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.13% of the stock of SSP Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

44.95% of the stock of SSP Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
• Sub-Industry: Restaurants
• Current Symbol: LON:SSPG
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.foodtravelexperts.com
• Phone: +44-20-75433300
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 42,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for SSP Group: GBX 807.40
• High Price Target: GBX 3,200
• Low Price Target: GBX 170
• Potential Upside/Downside: +325.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.60
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (3.60)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: -0.77
• Net Income: £7.61 million
• Net Margins: -0.78%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -65.76%
• Return on Assets: 4.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 36,503.13
• Current Ratio: 0.37
• Quick Ratio: 0.66

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £3.74 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.38
• Cash Flow: GBX 56.31 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.37
• Book Value: GBX 48.05 per share
• Price / Book: 3.95

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 747,342,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.42 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.91