SSP Group (SSPG) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GNK or SSPG?

87.3% of SSP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of SSP Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer GNK or SSPG?

In the previous week, SSP Group had 7 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for SSP Group and 1 mentions for Greene King. SSP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Greene King's score of -0.76 indicating that SSP Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greene King	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
SSP Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GNK or SSPG a better dividend stock?

Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. SSP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SSP Group pays out 209.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend GNK or SSPG?

SSP Group has a consensus target price of GBX 231.67, indicating a potential upside of 33.83%. 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	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GNK or SSPG?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greene King	£2.22B	0.00	N/A	£38.70	N/A
SSP Group	£3.21B	0.43	£7.61M	£0.95	181.42

Is GNK or SSPG more profitable?

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 King	N/A	N/A	N/A
SSP Group	0.24%	3.64%	4.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GNK or SSPG?

Greene King received 153 more outperform votes than SSP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.37% of users gave Greene King an outperform vote while only 68.85% of users gave SSP Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greene King	Outperform Votes 688 80.37%	Underperform Votes 168 19.63%
SSP Group	Outperform Votes 535 68.85%	Underperform Votes 242 31.15%

Summary

SSP Group beats Greene King on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.