YNGA vs. GRG, MAB, EIG, SSPG, 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), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), SSP Group (SSPG), 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.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGA) and Greggs (LON:GRG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
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, Greggs has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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 pays out 48.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greggs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Greggs had 1 more articles in the media than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Greggs and 2 mentions for Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s score of 0.34 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 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.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,300, indicating a potential upside of 37.57%. Greggs has a consensus price target of GBX 3,292.50, indicating a potential upside of 84.56%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greggs is more favorable than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C..
46.7% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of Greggs shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.7% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Greggs shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Greggs received 263 more outperform votes than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.06% of users gave Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. an outperform vote while only 64.15% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote.
Summary
Greggs beats Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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