MARS vs. DOM, JDW, YNGA, RTN, YNGN, LGRS, FSTA, DPEU, CPC, and DPP
Should you be buying Marston's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marston's include Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), Loungers (LGRS), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), DP Eurasia (DPEU), The City Pub Group (CPC), and DP Poland (DPP). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Marston's vs. Its Competitors
Marston's (LON:MARS) and Domino's Pizza Group (LON:DOM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Marston's has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domino's Pizza Group has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Marston's pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.3%. Domino's Pizza Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Marston's pays out -293.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Domino's Pizza Group pays out 56.4% 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. Marston's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Marston's had 8 more articles in the media than Domino's Pizza Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Marston's and 4 mentions for Domino's Pizza Group. Domino's Pizza Group's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Marston's' score of -0.10 indicating that Domino's Pizza Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Domino's Pizza Group has a net margin of 11.44% compared to Marston's' net margin of -1.91%. Marston's' return on equity of -2.72% beat Domino's Pizza Group's return on equity.
Domino's Pizza Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Marston's. Marston's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Domino's Pizza Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Domino's Pizza Group has a consensus target price of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 59.31%. Given Domino's Pizza Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Domino's Pizza Group is more favorable than Marston's.
74.5% of Marston's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Domino's Pizza Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Marston's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Domino's Pizza Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Domino's Pizza Group beats Marston's on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:MARS) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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