JDW vs. GRG, GNK, MAB, DOM, EIG, SSPG, RTN, YNGA, DPEU, and FSTA
Should you be buying J D Wetherspoon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J D Wetherspoon include Greggs (GRG), Greene King (GNK), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), SSP Group (SSPG), 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.
J D Wetherspoon vs.
J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) and Greggs (LON:GRG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
70.0% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. 31.3% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Greggs shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
J D Wetherspoon has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greggs has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Greggs has a net margin of 7.13% compared to J D Wetherspoon's net margin of 2.40%. Greggs' return on equity of 28.74% beat J D Wetherspoon's return on equity.
Greggs received 132 more outperform votes than J D Wetherspoon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.10% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave J D Wetherspoon an outperform vote.
Greggs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than J D Wetherspoon. J D Wetherspoon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greggs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
J D Wetherspoon currently has a consensus price target of GBX 674, indicating a potential upside of 10.86%. Greggs has a consensus price target of GBX 3,461.67, indicating a potential upside of 32.12%. Given Greggs' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greggs is more favorable than J D Wetherspoon.
In the previous week, Greggs had 2 more articles in the media than J D Wetherspoon. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greggs and 0 mentions for J D Wetherspoon. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat J D Wetherspoon's score of -0.46 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J D Wetherspoon pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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. 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.
Summary
Greggs beats J D Wetherspoon on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JDW) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
