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Greggs (GRG) Competitors

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GBX 2,628.53 -19.47 (-0.74%)
(As of 09:53 AM ET)

GRG vs. GNK, MAB, DOM, EIG, SSPG, JDW, RTN, YNGA, DPEU, and FSTA

Should you be buying Greggs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greggs include Greene King (GNK), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), SSP Group (SSPG), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), DP Eurasia (DPEU), and Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.

Greggs vs.

Greene King (LON:GNK) and Greggs (LON:GRG) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Greggs has a net margin of 7.13% compared to Greene King's net margin of 0.00%. Greggs' return on equity of 28.74% beat Greene King's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Greene KingN/A N/A N/A
Greggs 7.13%28.74%10.93%

Greggs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Greene King. Greene King is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greggs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Greene King£2.22B1.19N/A£38.7021.94
Greggs£1.93B1.39£137.30M£1.341,976.12

Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greggs pays out 4,850.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

57.5% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Greggs shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Greggs had 2 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greggs and 0 mentions for Greene King. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Greene King Neutral
Greggs Positive

Greggs has a consensus target price of GBX 3,461.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.73%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Greggs is more favorable than Greene King.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Greene King
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Greggs
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Greene King received 247 more outperform votes than Greggs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.37% of users gave Greene King an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Greene KingOutperform Votes
688
80.37%
Underperform Votes
168
19.63%
GreggsOutperform Votes
441
64.10%
Underperform Votes
247
35.90%

Summary

Greggs beats Greene King on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GRG vs. The Competition

MetricGreggsRestaurants IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.69B£2.67B£2.53B£1.47B
Dividend Yield2.28%4.88%4.29%11.72%
P/E Ratio1,976.121,051.42343.821,616.54
Price / Sales1.3951.83358.68225,604.63
Price / Cash16.4534.5125.8431.46
Price / Book5.452.383.192.77
Net Income£137.30M£110.11M£268.54M£160.17M
7 Day Performance1.53%-0.66%-0.81%4.15%
1 Month Performance-9.25%-1.96%-2.97%2.61%
1 Year Performance4.01%-6.99%11.97%99.88%

Greggs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GRG
Greggs
2.4079 of 5 stars
GBX 2,628.53
-0.7%
GBX 3,461.67
+31.7%
+4.1%£2.67B£1.93B1,961.5931,839
GNK
Greene King
N/AGBX 849.20
+0.0%
N/A+0.0%£2.63B£2.22B21.941,010High Trading Volume
MAB
Mitchells & Butlers
2.3978 of 5 stars
GBX 235.50
+0.9%
GBX 332.50
+41.2%
-4.0%£1.40B£2.62B3,335.7150,259
DOM
Domino's Pizza Group
2.6271 of 5 stars
GBX 336
+1.8%
GBX 431.25
+28.3%
-9.6%£1.31B£673.70M1,736.841,630
EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AGBX 284.60
-0.1%
N/A+0.0%£1.26B£724M-6.16680
SSPG
SSP Group
2.0204 of 5 stars
GBX 155.20
+0.5%
GBX 268.75
+73.2%
-26.7%£1.24B£3.21B15,520.0042,000Dividend Cut
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
1.8319 of 5 stars
GBX 616.72
+2.2%
GBX 674
+9.3%
-15.1%£762.39M£2.04B1,575.6441,754
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AGBX 64.80
flat
N/A-4.0%£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
YNGA
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
2.7948 of 5 stars
GBX 982
+0.4%
GBX 1,300
+32.4%
-10.7%£370.02M£388.80M5,157.895,654Dividend Increase
Positive News
Gap Down
DPEU
DP Eurasia
N/AGBX 190
+30.6%
N/A+175.4%£278.52M£2.53B4,750.001,457Gap Down
FSTA
Fuller, Smith & Turner
N/AGBX 684.32
-1.4%
N/A+7.4%£244.71M£359.10M4,626.675,000Gap Up

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This page (LON:GRG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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