YNGN vs. MARS, DPP, FSTA, VARE, LGRS, YNGA, HEAD, ULTP, IGR, and CHH
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 Marston's (MARS), DP Poland (DPP), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), Various Eateries (VARE), Loungers (LGRS), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Headlam Group (HEAD), Ultimate Products (ULTP), IG Design Group (IGR), and Churchill China (CHH). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGN) and Marston's (LON:MARS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Marston's had 7 more articles in the media than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Marston's and 1 mentions for Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Marston's' score of 0.13 indicating that Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marston's received 411 more outperform votes than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.03% of users gave Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. an outperform vote while only 63.94% of users gave Marston's an outperform vote.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Marston's pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 27.7%. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays out 4,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marston's pays out -80,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marston's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Marston's. Marston's 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. has a net margin of 7.39% compared to Marston's' net margin of -1.07%. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s return on equity of 3.89% beat Marston's' return on equity.
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marston's has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
77.9% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of Marston's shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Marston's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marston's has a consensus price target of GBX 66.50, suggesting a potential upside of 130.26%. Given Marston's' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Marston's is more favorable than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C..
Summary
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. beats Marston's on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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