JDW vs. GRG, MAB, EIG, SSPG, DOM, RTN, YNGA, YNGN, LGRS, 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), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), SSP Group (SSPG), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), Loungers (LGRS), 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 small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
J D Wetherspoon has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greggs has a beta of 1.43, suggesting 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 26.79% beat J D Wetherspoon's return on equity.
Greggs received 133 more outperform votes than J D Wetherspoon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.15% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote while only 42.80% of users gave J D Wetherspoon an outperform vote.
Greggs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than J D Wetherspoon. Greggs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J D Wetherspoon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, J D Wetherspoon had 10 more articles in the media than Greggs. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for J D Wetherspoon and 9 mentions for Greggs. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat J D Wetherspoon's score of 0.28 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J D Wetherspoon presently has a consensus target price of GBX 548.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.23%. Greggs has a consensus target price of GBX 3,292.50, indicating a potential upside of 83.12%. Given Greggs' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Greggs is more favorable than J D Wetherspoon.
J D Wetherspoon pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. J D Wetherspoon pays out 30.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greggs pays out 48.2% 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.
70.0% of J D Wetherspoon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of Greggs shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.3% of J D Wetherspoon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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 company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Greggs beats J D Wetherspoon on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JDW) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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