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SSP Group (SSPG) Competitors

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GBX 172.48 +1.78 (+1.04%)
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SSPG vs. GNK, GRG, MAB, EIG, DOM, JDW, YNGA, RTN, 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), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), The Restaurant Group (RTN), 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

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

In the previous week, SSP Group had 1 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for SSP Group and 0 mentions for Greene King. Greene King's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat SSP Group's score of -0.43 indicating that Greene King is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Greene King Neutral
SSP Group Neutral

SSP Group has a consensus target price of GBX 211.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.48%. Given SSP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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
Greene King£2.22B0.00N/A£38.70N/A
SSP Group£3.21B0.43£7.61M£0.95180.78

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

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.

Summary

SSP Group beats Greene King on 12 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£1.38B£2.93B£3.47B£3.02B
Dividend Yield1.97%4.96%3.54%5.02%
P/E Ratio180.7816.2671.96165.88
Price / Sales0.4354.6571.68285,131.44
Price / Cash3.3743.1831.1627.97
Price / Book3.592.253.784.46
Net Income£7.61M£96.75M£264.31M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.36%-0.70%-0.34%3.82%
1 Month Performance5.31%0.02%2.60%9.81%
1 Year Performance-5.33%-7.42%2,627.55%74.29%

SSP Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSPG
SSP Group
1.1097 of 5 stars
GBX 172.48
+1.0%
GBX 211.25
+22.5%
-6.5%£1.38B£3.21B180.7842,000Dividend Increase
Gap Up
GNK
Greene King
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.63B£2.22B21.941,010High Trading Volume
GRG
Greggs
3.3929 of 5 stars
GBX 1,733
+0.1%
GBX 2,185
+26.1%
-40.0%£1.75B£1.90B12.8531,839
MAB
Mitchells & Butlers
N/AGBX 283
+0.2%
N/A-8.1%£1.68B£2.60B37.4850,259News Coverage
Positive News
EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£724M-6.16680
DOM
Domino's Pizza Group
3.3962 of 5 stars
GBX 246.60
-0.2%
GBX 390
+58.2%
-24.8%£962.35M£664.24M12.641,630
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
1.6687 of 5 stars
GBX 779.50
-0.8%
GBX 490
-37.1%
+0.4%£914.43M£1.93B19.8341,754
YNGA
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 923
-0.8%
N/A-6.6%£517.33M£372.61M48.995,654Gap Down
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
YNGN
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 654
-0.6%
N/A-7.1%£483.55M£491.53M34.417,172Positive News
Earnings Report
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 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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