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

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GBX 578 +2.00 (+0.35%)
As of 10/17/2025 12:28 PM Eastern

YNGN vs. GRG, MAB, SSPG, EIG, DOM, JDW, RTN, YNGA, 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. (YNGA), 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:YNGN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

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
Greggs7.13% 26.79% 10.93%
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. 2.85%1.48%2.99%

In the previous week, Greggs and Greggs both had 1 articles in the media. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s score of 1.11 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Greggs
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Greggs currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,064, indicating a potential upside of 24.49%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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
Greggs
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
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 has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Greggs£2.08B0.81£135.19M£1.411,175.05
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.£485.80M0.73£14.03M£0.163,590.06

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 an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greggs pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

63.7% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Greggs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Greggs beats Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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YNGN vs. The Competition

MetricYoung & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.Restaurants IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£356.97M£3.28B£3.89B£2.57B
Dividend Yield3.96%5.17%3.55%5.37%
P/E Ratio3,590.061,357.10597.524,124.05
Price / Sales0.7346.50228.1099,406.89
Price / Cash9.5743.1831.1627.90
Price / Book0.442.153.558.11
Net Income£14.03M£96.75M£264.31M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-3.02%0.22%0.01%-0.62%
1 Month Performance0.70%1.61%-1.13%0.73%
1 Year Performance-5.25%-11.65%34.06%128.71%

Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
YNGN
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 578
+0.3%
N/A-5.2%£428.20M£485.80M35.907,172
GRG
Greggs
3.191 of 5 stars
GBX 1,645.84
-1.6%
GBX 2,064
+25.4%
-42.0%£1.70B£2.08B1,166.4331,839High Trading Volume
MAB
Mitchells & Butlers
3.4765 of 5 stars
GBX 246.50
-2.0%
GBX 337.50
+36.9%
-10.2%£1.49B£2.67B880.3650,259Positive News
High Trading Volume
SSPG
SSP Group
2.7968 of 5 stars
GBX 160.10
-1.3%
GBX 236.17
+47.5%
-6.6%£1.30B£3.58B-5,336.6742,000Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£724M-6.16680
DOM
Domino's Pizza Group
3.5672 of 5 stars
GBX 187.70
-1.8%
GBX 312.50
+66.5%
-37.7%£729.25M£669.20M947.981,630High Trading Volume
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
1.9894 of 5 stars
GBX 619
-2.2%
GBX 490
-20.8%
-13.3%£667.22M£2.13B1,213.7341,754Gap Up
High Trading Volume
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
YNGA
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
1.4169 of 5 stars
GBX 766
-3.0%
GBX 1,400
+82.8%
-15.0%£444.57M£485.80M4,757.765,654
LGRS
Loungers
N/AN/AN/AN/A£336.83M£347.93M37.517,500News Coverage
FSTA
Fuller, Smith & Turner
N/AGBX 606
-0.3%
N/A-19.4%£327.51M£376.30M1,289.915,000News Coverage

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This page (LON:YNGN) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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