Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA) Competitors

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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Is YNGA or GRG a better dividend stock?

Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays out 139.2% 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 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greggs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, YNGA or GRG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	£485.80M	1.04	£10.64M	£0.16	5,080.75
Greggs	£2.08B	0.77	£135.19M	£1.41	1,119.06

Is YNGA or GRG more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	2.85%	1.48%	2.99%
Greggs	7.13%	26.79%	10.93%

Which has more risk and volatility, YNGA or GRG?

Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greggs has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor YNGA or GRG?

In the previous week, Greggs had 2 more articles in the media than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greggs and 0 mentions for Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s score of 0.00 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	Neutral
Greggs	Positive

Do analysts prefer YNGA or GRG?

Greggs has a consensus target price of GBX 2,016.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.72%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Greggs is more favorable than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Greggs	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of YNGA or GRG?

9.0% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.7% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Greggs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Greggs beats Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.