LGRS vs. MAB, EIG, DOM, JDW, RTN, YNGA, YNGN, FSTA, DPEU, and MARS
Should you be buying Loungers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loungers include 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), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), DP Eurasia (DPEU), and Marston's (MARS). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Loungers vs.
Loungers (LON:LGRS) and Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Mitchells & Butlers had 6 more articles in the media than Loungers. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Mitchells & Butlers and 0 mentions for Loungers. Mitchells & Butlers' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Loungers' score of 0.00 indicating that Mitchells & Butlers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Loungers has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitchells & Butlers has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mitchells & Butlers has higher revenue and earnings than Loungers. Mitchells & Butlers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loungers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.7% of Loungers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.1% of Loungers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mitchells & Butlers received 430 more outperform votes than Loungers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Loungers an outperform vote while only 56.18% of users gave Mitchells & Butlers an outperform vote.
Loungers presently has a consensus target price of GBX 370, indicating a potential upside of 14.20%. Mitchells & Butlers has a consensus target price of GBX 340, indicating a potential upside of 57.41%. Given Mitchells & Butlers' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mitchells & Butlers is more favorable than Loungers.
Loungers has a net margin of 2.58% compared to Mitchells & Butlers' net margin of 1.72%. Loungers' return on equity of 5.99% beat Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity.
Summary
Loungers and Mitchells & Butlers tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LGRS) was last updated on 3/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
