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SSP Group (SSPG) Competitors

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GBX 165 -3.70 (-2.19%)
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SSPG vs. GNK, MAB, GRG, EIG, JDW, DOM, 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), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Greggs (GRG), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), 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

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

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
SSP Group0.24% 3.64% 4.71%
Greene King N/A N/A N/A

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

SSP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. 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. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, SSP Group had 7 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for SSP Group and 0 mentions for Greene King. SSP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that SSP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
SSP Group Positive
Greene King Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SSP Group£3.21B0.41£7.61M£0.95172.93
Greene King£2.22B0.00N/A£38.70N/A

SSP Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 231, indicating a potential upside of 40.00%. Given SSP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SSP Group is more favorable than Greene King.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SSP Group
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Greene King
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

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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SSPG vs. The Competition

MetricSSP GroupRestaurants IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.32B£2.91B£3.46B£3.07B
Dividend Yield1.97%4.96%3.55%5.03%
P/E Ratio172.9315.5168.98168.18
Price / Sales0.4152.8170.31318,219.69
Price / Cash3.3743.1831.1627.96
Price / Book3.432.213.664.51
Net Income£7.61M£96.75M£264.31M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.32%-0.87%0.27%1.15%
1 Month Performance-11.96%-1.99%-0.62%3.60%
1 Year Performance1.48%-5.13%36.89%57.44%

SSP Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSPG
SSP Group
3.3122 of 5 stars
GBX 165
-2.2%
GBX 231
+40.0%
+2.2%£1.32B£3.21B172.9342,000News Coverage
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
GNK
Greene King
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.63B£2.22B21.941,010High Trading Volume
MAB
Mitchells & Butlers
1.5823 of 5 stars
GBX 273.50
flat
GBX 337.50
+23.4%
-10.3%£1.62B£2.60B36.2250,259High Trading Volume
GRG
Greggs
1.7577 of 5 stars
GBX 1,605
-1.0%
GBX 2,016.67
+25.6%
-47.1%£1.62B£1.90B11.9031,839
EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£724M-6.16680
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
1.4166 of 5 stars
GBX 728
-2.1%
GBX 490
-32.7%
+2.3%£854.02M£1.93B18.5241,754
DOM
Domino's Pizza Group
3.8704 of 5 stars
GBX 202.80
-17.6%
GBX 385
+89.8%
-27.1%£791.42M£664.24M10.401,630News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000News Coverage
YNGA
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 874
-1.6%
N/A-10.8%£489.87M£372.61M46.395,654
YNGN
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 604
-3.5%
N/A-15.3%£446.58M£491.53M31.787,172
LGRS
Loungers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£336.83M£347.93M37.517,500

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This page (LON:SSPG) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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