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SSP Group (SSPG) Competitors

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GBX 167.76 -2.74 (-1.61%)
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SSPG vs. GNK, GRG, MAB, EIG, DOM, JDW, RTN, YNGA, YNGN, and LGRS

Should you be buying SSP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SSP Group include Greene King (GNK), Greggs (GRG), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), and Loungers (LGRS). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

SSP Group vs. Its Competitors

Greene King (LON:GNK) and SSP Group (LON:SSPG) are both restaurants industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

SSP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Greene King. SSP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greene King, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Greene King£2.22B0.00N/A£38.70N/A
SSP Group£3.58B0.38£7.61M-£0.03-5,592.00

43.8% of SSP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of SSP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, SSP Group had 4 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SSP Group and 0 mentions for Greene King. SSP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that SSP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Greene King Neutral
SSP Group Positive

SSP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 228.40, suggesting a potential upside of 36.15%. Given SSP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SSP Group is more favorable than Greene King.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Greene King
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
SSP Group
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. SSP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SSP Group pays out -116.7% 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. SSP Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

SSP Group has a net margin of 0.24% compared to Greene King's net margin of 0.00%. SSP Group's return on equity of 3.64% beat Greene King's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Greene KingN/A N/A N/A
SSP Group 0.24%3.64%4.71%

Summary

SSP Group beats Greene King on 13 of the 15 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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SSPG vs. The Competition

MetricSSP GroupRestaurants IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.34B£3.28B£3.91B£2.60B
Dividend Yield2.17%5.08%3.53%5.29%
P/E Ratio-5,592.001,411.79620.234,470.97
Price / Sales0.3847.35207.6899,636.66
Price / Cash3.3743.1831.1627.90
Price / Book3.492.193.628.11
Net Income£7.61M£96.75M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.14%2.04%1.08%1.14%
1 Month Performance10.08%1.79%1.06%6.41%
1 Year Performance8.94%-11.76%36.96%153.17%

SSP Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSPG
SSP Group
3.0636 of 5 stars
GBX 167.76
-1.6%
GBX 228.40
+36.1%
+10.7%£1.34B£3.58B-5,592.0042,000Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
GNK
Greene King
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.63B£2.22B21.941,010High Trading Volume
GRG
Greggs
3.5524 of 5 stars
GBX 1,604.13
+0.3%
GBX 2,016.67
+25.7%
-42.0%£1.63B£2.08B1,136.8731,839Trending News
MAB
Mitchells & Butlers
2.9769 of 5 stars
GBX 247
-1.2%
GBX 337.50
+36.6%
-14.0%£1.47B£2.67B882.1450,259
EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£724M-6.16680
DOM
Domino's Pizza Group
3.7044 of 5 stars
GBX 199.10
-0.3%
GBX 312.50
+57.0%
-35.5%£776.32M£669.20M1,005.561,630
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
1.2877 of 5 stars
GBX 681.50
-0.9%
GBX 490
-28.1%
-13.3%£718.34M£2.07B1,336.2741,754Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
YNGA
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 800
-0.4%
GBX 1,400
+75.0%
-9.8%£494.08M£485.80M4,968.945,654
YNGN
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 602
+1.3%
N/A-1.9%£371.80M£485.80M3,739.137,172
LGRS
Loungers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£336.83M£347.93M37.517,500

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