SSPG vs. MAB, DOM, JDW, TRN, CCL, SMWH, PETS, COA, DNLM, and AML
Should you be buying SSP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SSP Group include Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Trainline (TRN), Carnival Co. & (CCL), WH Smith (SMWH), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Coats Group (COA), Dunelm Group (DNLM), and Aston Martin Lagonda Global (AML). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) and SSP Group (LON:SSPG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
SSP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mitchells & Butlers. Mitchells & Butlers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSP Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SSP Group received 36 more outperform votes than Mitchells & Butlers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.54% of users gave SSP Group an outperform vote while only 56.11% of users gave Mitchells & Butlers an outperform vote.
SSP Group has a net margin of 0.27% compared to SSP Group's net margin of -0.16%. Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity of 17.72% beat SSP Group's return on equity.
Mitchells & Butlers presently has a consensus price target of GBX 295, indicating a potential upside of 11.95%. SSP Group has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.38%. Given Mitchells & Butlers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SSP Group is more favorable than Mitchells & Butlers.
Mitchells & Butlers has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSP Group has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SSP Group had 3 more articles in the media than Mitchells & Butlers. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SSP Group and 1 mentions for Mitchells & Butlers. SSP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Mitchells & Butlers' score of 0.32 indicating that Mitchells & Butlers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
32.6% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of SSP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of SSP Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. SSP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Mitchells & Butlers pays out -80,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SSP Group pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mitchells & Butlers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
SSP Group beats Mitchells & Butlers on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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