SSP Group (SSPG) Competitors

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

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 1.3%. 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 insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GNK or SSPG?

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	0.38	£7.61M	£0.95	162.03

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%

Do analysts prefer GNK or SSPG?

SSP Group has a consensus target price of GBX 231, suggesting a potential upside of 49.42%. 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
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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media refer more to GNK or SSPG?

In the previous week, SSP Group had 2 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SSP Group and 0 mentions for Greene King. SSP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 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

Summary

SSP Group beats Greene King on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.