SSPG vs. GNK, GRG, MAB, EIG, DOM, JDW, YNGA, RTN, YNGN, and FSTA
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), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), and Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA). 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 consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
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 1.00 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that SSP Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
87.3% of SSP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of SSP Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
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.
SSP Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 231.67, indicating a potential upside of 39.64%. Given SSP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SSP Group is more favorable than Greene King.
Summary
SSP Group beats Greene King on 13 of the 17 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 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
