LGRS vs. JDW, RTN, YNGA, DPEU, FSTA, MARS, YNGN, CPC, DPP, and FUL
Should you be buying Loungers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loungers include J D Wetherspoon (JDW), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), DP Eurasia (DPEU), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), Marston's (MARS), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), The City Pub Group (CPC), DP Poland (DPP), and Fulham Shore (FUL). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) and Loungers (LON:LGRS) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
J D Wetherspoon received 238 more outperform votes than Loungers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave Loungers an outperform vote while only 42.84% of users gave J D Wetherspoon an outperform vote.
In the previous week, J D Wetherspoon had 1 more articles in the media than Loungers. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for J D Wetherspoon and 0 mentions for Loungers. Loungers' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat J D Wetherspoon's score of 0.00 indicating that J D Wetherspoon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
J D Wetherspoon has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loungers has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
J D Wetherspoon presently has a consensus price target of GBX 925, indicating a potential upside of 20.76%. Loungers has a consensus price target of GBX 370, indicating a potential upside of 31.21%. Given J D Wetherspoon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Loungers is more favorable than J D Wetherspoon.
Loungers has a net margin of 2.32% compared to Loungers' net margin of 2.07%. Loungers' return on equity of 10.96% beat J D Wetherspoon's return on equity.
69.1% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Loungers shares are held by institutional investors. 32.5% of J D Wetherspoon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Loungers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
J D Wetherspoon has higher revenue and earnings than Loungers. J D Wetherspoon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Loungers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
J D Wetherspoon beats Loungers on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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