FSTA vs. JDW, RTN, YNGA, LGRS, DPEU, MARS, CPC, YNGN, DPP, and FUL
Should you be buying Fuller, Smith & Turner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fuller, Smith & Turner include J D Wetherspoon (JDW), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Loungers (LGRS), DP Eurasia (DPEU), Marston's (MARS), The City Pub Group (CPC), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), DP Poland (DPP), and Fulham Shore (FUL). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Fuller, Smith & Turner vs.
Fuller, Smith & Turner (LON:FSTA) and J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) 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 dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Fuller, Smith & Turner has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J D Wetherspoon has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fuller, Smith & Turner has a net margin of 2.53% compared to J D Wetherspoon's net margin of 2.40%. J D Wetherspoon's return on equity of 11.98% beat Fuller, Smith & Turner's return on equity.
In the previous week, Fuller, Smith & Turner had 4 more articles in the media than J D Wetherspoon. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fuller, Smith & Turner and 1 mentions for J D Wetherspoon. Fuller, Smith & Turner's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat J D Wetherspoon's score of 0.00 indicating that Fuller, Smith & Turner is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J D Wetherspoon received 46 more outperform votes than Fuller, Smith & Turner when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Fuller, Smith & Turner an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave J D Wetherspoon an outperform vote.
56.5% of Fuller, Smith & Turner shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.0% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by institutional investors. 15.8% of Fuller, Smith & Turner shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.3% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fuller, Smith & Turner pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. J D Wetherspoon pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Fuller, Smith & Turner pays out 12,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J D Wetherspoon pays out 3,076.9% 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 consensus price target of GBX 674, suggesting a potential upside of 11.40%. Given J D Wetherspoon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe J D Wetherspoon is more favorable than Fuller, Smith & Turner.
J D Wetherspoon has higher revenue and earnings than Fuller, Smith & Turner. J D Wetherspoon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fuller, Smith & Turner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
J D Wetherspoon beats Fuller, Smith & Turner on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FSTA) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
