Mitchells & Butlers (MAB) Competitors

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

Is MAB or GNK a better dividend stock?

Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. Mitchells & Butlers pays out 106.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is MAB or GNK more profitable?

Mitchells & Butlers has a net margin of 1.72% compared to Greene King's net margin of 0.00%. Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity of 1.89% beat Greene King's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mitchells & Butlers	1.72%	1.89%	3.68%
Greene King	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor MAB or GNK?

In the previous week, Mitchells & Butlers had 4 more articles in the media than Greene King. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Mitchells & Butlers and 0 mentions for Greene King. Mitchells & Butlers' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that Mitchells & Butlers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mitchells & Butlers	Positive
Greene King	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MAB or GNK?

Mitchells & Butlers has higher revenue and earnings than Greene King. Greene King is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mitchells & Butlers, 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
Mitchells & Butlers	£2.60B	0.48	£44.77M	£7.55	27.81
Greene King	£2.22B	0.00	N/A	£38.70	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MAB or GNK?

Greene King received 187 more outperform votes than Mitchells & Butlers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.37% of users gave Greene King an outperform vote while only 56.23% of users gave Mitchells & Butlers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mitchells & Butlers	Outperform Votes 501 56.23%	Underperform Votes 390 43.77%
Greene King	Outperform Votes 688 80.37%	Underperform Votes 168 19.63%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MAB or GNK?

34.2% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by institutional investors. 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend MAB or GNK?

Mitchells & Butlers presently has a consensus price target of GBX 340, indicating a potential upside of 61.90%. Given Mitchells & Butlers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mitchells & Butlers is more favorable than Greene King.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mitchells & Butlers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Greene King	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Mitchells & Butlers beats Greene King on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.