JDW vs. GRG, GNK, MAB, DOM, SSPG, EIG, RTN, YNGA, LGRS, and DPEU
Should you be buying J D Wetherspoon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J D Wetherspoon include Greggs (GRG), Greene King (GNK), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), SSP Group (SSPG), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Loungers (LGRS), and DP Eurasia (DPEU). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) and Greggs (LON:GRG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and risk.
J D Wetherspoon pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. J D Wetherspoon pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greggs pays out 4,460.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
J D Wetherspoon has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greggs has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Greggs has a net margin of 7.87% compared to J D Wetherspoon's net margin of 2.07%. Greggs' return on equity of 29.17% beat J D Wetherspoon's return on equity.
Greggs received 132 more outperform votes than J D Wetherspoon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.14% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote while only 42.84% of users gave J D Wetherspoon an outperform vote.
J D Wetherspoon currently has a consensus target price of GBX 925, suggesting a potential upside of 19.74%. Greggs has a consensus target price of GBX 3,375, suggesting a potential upside of 14.17%. Given J D Wetherspoon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe J D Wetherspoon is more favorable than Greggs.
In the previous week, Greggs had 1 more articles in the media than J D Wetherspoon. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greggs and 1 mentions for J D Wetherspoon. J D Wetherspoon's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Greggs' score of 0.05 indicating that J D Wetherspoon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Greggs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than J D Wetherspoon. Greggs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J D Wetherspoon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
69.1% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. 32.5% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Greggs shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Greggs beats J D Wetherspoon on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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