YNGN vs. GRG, MAB, SSPG, EIG, DOM, JDW, YNGA, RTN, 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), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), The Restaurant Group (RTN), 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Greggs has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% 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.
57.5% of Greggs shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Greggs shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Greggs had 2 more articles in the media than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Greggs and 3 mentions for Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Greggs' score of 0.20 indicating that Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Greggs pays out 48.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Greggs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,185, suggesting a potential upside of 26.15%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Greggs is more favorable than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C..
Summary
Greggs beats Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:YNGN) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
