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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
43.8% of SSP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% 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.
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.
SSP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 232.83, indicating a potential upside of 46.99%. Given SSP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SSP Group is more favorable than Greene King.
In the previous week, SSP Group had 20 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 20 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 news media.
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 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.
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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This page (LON:SSPG) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
