Mitchells & Butlers (MAB) Competitors

Greggs (LON:GRG) and Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, GRG or MAB?

Greggs has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitchells & Butlers has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GRG or MAB?

In the previous week, Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Mitchells & Butlers' score of 0.00 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Greggs	Positive
Mitchells & Butlers	Neutral

Do analysts prefer GRG or MAB?

Greggs presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,461.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.55%. Mitchells & Butlers has a consensus price target of GBX 332.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Greggs is more favorable than Mitchells & Butlers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greggs	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Mitchells & Butlers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GRG or MAB?

Mitchells & Butlers received 58 more outperform votes than Greggs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.10% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote while only 56.13% of users gave Mitchells & Butlers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greggs	Outperform Votes 441 64.10%	Underperform Votes 247 35.90%
Mitchells & Butlers	Outperform Votes 499 56.13%	Underperform Votes 390 43.87%

Is GRG or MAB more profitable?

Greggs has a net margin of 7.13% compared to Mitchells & Butlers' net margin of 1.72%. Greggs' return on equity of 28.74% beat Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greggs	7.13%	28.74%	10.93%
Mitchells & Butlers	1.72%	2.05%	3.68%

Which has better earnings & valuation, GRG or MAB?

Greggs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mitchells & Butlers. Mitchells & Butlers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greggs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greggs	£1.93B	1.43	£137.30M	£1.34	2,025.37
Mitchells & Butlers	£2.62B	0.00	£45M	£0.07	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GRG or MAB?

57.5% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by institutional investors. 5.9% of Greggs shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GRG or MAB a better dividend stock?

Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share. 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. Mitchells & Butlers pays out 11,428.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Greggs beats Mitchells & Butlers on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.