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Greggs (GRG) Competitors

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GBX 2,766 +4.00 (+0.14%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:01 PM ET)

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

Should you be buying Greggs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greggs include Greene King (GNK), SSP Group (SSPG), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), 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.

Greggs vs.

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

Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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.

Greggs has a consensus target price of GBX 3,461.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.15%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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%

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

In the previous week, Greene King had 1 more articles in the media than Greggs. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Greene King and 0 mentions for Greggs. Greene King's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Greggs'average media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Greene King Neutral
Greggs Neutral

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£2.22B0.00N/A£38.70N/A
Greggs£1.93B1.45£137.30M£1.342,064.18

Summary

Greggs beats Greene King on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GRG vs. The Competition

MetricGreggsRestaurants IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.81B£3.21B£2.98B£1.85B
Dividend Yield2.28%4.87%3.89%10.60%
P/E Ratio2,064.181,052.09344.921,786.40
Price / Sales1.4550.08351.88377,495.10
Price / Cash16.4540.5128.8428.01
Price / Book5.692.663.322.91
Net Income£137.30M£122.80M£284.33M£155.90M
7 Day Performance-2.40%-0.99%-1.52%-1.91%
1 Month Performance4.69%-0.12%0.04%17.62%
1 Year Performance5.90%-7.54%9.12%29.01%

Greggs Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GRG
Greggs
N/AGBX 2,766
+0.1%
GBX 3,461.67
+25.2%
+5.9%£2.81B£1.93B2,064.1831,839
GNK
Greene King
N/AGBX 849.20
+0.0%
N/AN/A£2.63B£2.22B21.941,010High Trading Volume
SSPG
SSP Group
2.2125 of 5 stars
GBX 182.20
-2.4%
GBX 246.25
+35.2%
-25.1%£1.45B£3.21B18,180.0042,000
MAB
Mitchells & Butlers
2.7101 of 5 stars
GBX 237
-0.6%
GBX 332.50
+40.3%
-2.1%£1.41B£2.62B3,407.1450,259Analyst Forecast
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EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AGBX 284.60
-0.1%
N/AN/A£1.26B£724M-6.16680
DOM
Domino's Pizza Group
3.1045 of 5 stars
GBX 306.20
-0.6%
GBX 431.25
+40.8%
-20.0%£1.20B£673.70M1,622.111,630
JDW
J D Wetherspoon
2.4149 of 5 stars
GBX 605
+0.7%
GBX 674
+11.4%
-25.7%£747.90M£2.04B1,541.0341,754
RTN
The Restaurant Group
N/AGBX 64.80
flat
N/A+0.0%£499.23M£927M-1,080.0064,000
YNGA
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.
N/AGBX 882
+0.2%
GBX 1,300
+47.4%
-18.7%£332.34M£388.80M4,629.475,654
LGRS
Loungers
1.5157 of 5 stars
GBX 304.51
flat
GBX 370
+21.5%
+35.0%£316.39M£353.49M3,391.117,500
DPEU
DP Eurasia
N/AGBX 190
+30.6%
N/AN/A£278.52M£2.53B4,750.001,457Gap Down

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This page (LON:GRG) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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