YNGA vs. GRG, MAB, SSPG, EIG, DOM, JDW, 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 Greggs (GRG), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), SSP Group (SSPG), 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. (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
Greggs (LON:GRG) and Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGA) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.
Greggs has a net margin of 7.13% compared to Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s net margin of 2.85%. Greggs' return on equity of 26.79% beat Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s return on equity.
Greggs has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.
Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Greggs pays out 48.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Greggs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Greggs has higher revenue and earnings than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Greggs 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.
In the previous week, Greggs had 37 more articles in the media than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Greggs and 0 mentions for Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the media.
57.5% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Greggs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.7% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Greggs currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,185, suggesting a potential upside of 28.30%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Greggs is more favorable than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C..
Summary
Greggs beats Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:YNGA) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
