YNGA vs. MAB, GRG, SSPG, EIG, JDW, DOM, RTN, YNGN, LGRS, and FSTA
Should you be buying Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. include Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Greggs (GRG), SSP Group (SSPG), 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. (YNGN), Loungers (LGRS), and Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. vs. Its Competitors
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGA) and Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays out 116.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mitchells & Butlers pays out 106.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mitchells & Butlers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitchells & Butlers has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
46.7% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Mitchells & Butlers had 8 more articles in the media than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Mitchells & Butlers and 1 mentions for Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Mitchells & Butlers' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s score of 0.59 indicating that Mitchells & Butlers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mitchells & Butlers has higher revenue and earnings than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Mitchells & Butlers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mitchells & Butlers has a consensus target price of GBX 337.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.70%. Given Mitchells & Butlers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mitchells & Butlers is more favorable than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C..
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has a net margin of 2.85% compared to Mitchells & Butlers' net margin of 1.72%. Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity of 1.89% beat Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s return on equity.
Summary
Mitchells & Butlers beats Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:YNGA) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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