Greggs (GRG) Competitors GBX 1,815 -30.00 (-1.63%) As of 04/25/2025 11:57 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock GRG vs. GNK, MAB, EIG, SSPG, DOM, JDW, RTN, YNGA, YNGN, and LGRSShould you be buying Greggs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greggs include Greene King (GNK), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), SSP Group (SSPG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), and Loungers (LGRS). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry. Greggs vs. Greene King Mitchells & Butlers Ei Group plc (EIG.L) SSP Group Domino's Pizza Group J D Wetherspoon The Restaurant Group Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. Loungers Greggs (LON:GRG) and Greene King (LON:GNK) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability. Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GRG or GNK? 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Is GRG or GNK a better dividend stock? Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. Greggs pays out 48.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Does the media refer more to GRG or GNK? In the previous week, Greggs and Greggs both had 1 articles in the media. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Greggs 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Greene King 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community favor GRG or GNK? Greene King received 246 more outperform votes than Greggs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.37% of users gave Greene King an outperform vote while only 64.15% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformGreggsOutperform Votes44264.15% Underperform Votes24735.85% Greene KingOutperform Votes68880.37% Underperform Votes16819.63% Do analysts recommend GRG or GNK? Greggs presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,292.50, indicating a potential upside of 81.40%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Greggs is more favorable than Greene King.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Greggs 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Greene King 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has better earnings and valuation, GRG or GNK? Greggs has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 RatioGreggs£1.90B0.97£135.19M£134.8213.46Greene King£2.22B0.00N/A£38.70N/A Is GRG or GNK more profitable? Greggs has a net margin of 7.13% compared to Greene King's net margin of 0.00%. Greggs' return on equity of 26.79% beat Greene King's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Greggs7.13% 26.79% 10.93% Greene King N/A N/A N/A SummaryGreggs beats Greene King on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Greggs News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GRG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart GRG vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricGreggsRestaurants IndustryCyclical SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£1.83B£2.81B£3.22B£2.56BDividend Yield2.78%4.96%3.48%4.84%P/E Ratio13.4615.6620.45132.22Price / Sales0.9752.4358.95241,113.66Price / Cash16.4543.1831.0228.31Price / Book3.762.023.324.53Net Income£135.19M£96.75M£261.22M£5.86B7 Day Performance-1.04%0.87%1.94%8.60%1 Month Performance1.00%-0.99%-1.55%6.36%1 Year Performance-32.78%-12.18%1,676.72%103.29% Greggs Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)GRGGreggs3.0504 of 5 starsGBX 1,815-1.6%GBX 3,292.50+81.4%-32.8%£1.83B£1.90B13.4631,839GNKGreene KingN/AN/AN/AN/A£2.63B£2.22B21.941,010High Trading VolumeMABMitchells & Butlers2.922 of 5 starsGBX 244+0.6%GBX 340+39.3%+1.5%£1.45B£2.60B32.3250,259News CoverageEIGEi Group plc (EIG.L)N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£724M-6.16680SSPGSSP Group1.8367 of 5 starsGBX 142+1.2%GBX 231.67+63.1%-28.7%£1.13B£3.21B148.8342,000Dividend IncreaseDOMDomino's Pizza Group3.6186 of 5 starsGBX 277.20-0.1%GBX 390+40.7%-17.8%£1.08B£664.24M14.211,630Analyst ForecastJDWJ D Wetherspoon1.865 of 5 starsGBX 619-0.7%GBX 548.50-11.4%-14.0%£726.15M£1.93B15.7541,754News CoverageRTNThe Restaurant GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000YNGAYoung & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.N/AGBX 820-1.8%GBX 1,300+58.5%-10.5%£459.60M£372.61M43.535,654YNGNYoung & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.N/AGBX 547.52-0.8%N/A-7.2%£404.82M£491.53M28.817,172News CoverageLGRSLoungersN/AN/AGBX 370+∞N/A£336.83M£347.93M37.517,500 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Greene King Alternatives Mitchells & Butlers Alternatives Ei Group plc (EIG.L) Alternatives SSP Group Alternatives Domino's Pizza Group Alternatives J D Wetherspoon Alternatives The Restaurant Group Alternatives Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. 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