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

Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) and Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer MAB or YNGN?

Mitchells & Butlers presently has a consensus price target of GBX 337.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.17%. Given Mitchells & Butlers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mitchells & Butlers is more favorable than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mitchells & Butlers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
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

Is MAB or YNGN a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays out 115.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is MAB or YNGN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mitchells & Butlers	1.72%	1.89%	3.68%
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	2.85%	1.48%	2.99%

Which has more risk & volatility, MAB or YNGN?

Mitchells & Butlers has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% 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.

Does the media favor MAB or YNGN?

In the previous week, Mitchells & Butlers had 1 more articles in the media than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mitchells & Butlers and 0 mentions for Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Mitchells & Butlers' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mitchells & Butlers	Neutral
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MAB or YNGN?

34.2% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by institutional investors. 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MAB or YNGN?

Mitchells & Butlers has higher revenue and earnings than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitchells & Butlers, 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
Mitchells & Butlers	£2.60B	0.61	£44.77M	£7.55	35.43
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	£491.53M	0.90	£14.03M	£19.01	31.57

Summary

Mitchells & Butlers beats Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.