MARS vs. RTN, YNGA, LGRS, DPEU, FSTA, CPC, YNGN, DPP, FUL, and VARE
Should you be buying Marston's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marston's include The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Loungers (LGRS), DP Eurasia (DPEU), Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA), The City Pub Group (CPC), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN), DP Poland (DPP), Fulham Shore (FUL), and Various Eateries (VARE). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
Marston's (LON:MARS) and The Restaurant Group (LON:RTN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Marston's has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marston's has a net margin of -1.91% compared to The Restaurant Group's net margin of -4.74%. Marston's' return on equity of -2.80% beat The Restaurant Group's return on equity.
71.1% of Marston's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of The Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Marston's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of The Restaurant Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marston's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Restaurant Group. Marston's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Restaurant Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marston's received 18 more outperform votes than The Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.68% of users gave The Restaurant Group an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave Marston's an outperform vote.
Marston's pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.3%. The Restaurant Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share. Marston's pays out -26,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Restaurant Group pays out -6,666.7% 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.
Marston's currently has a consensus price target of GBX 58, suggesting a potential upside of 62.01%. The Restaurant Group has a consensus price target of GBX 54.50, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Given The Restaurant Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Restaurant Group is more favorable than Marston's.
In the previous week, Marston's and Marston's both had 4 articles in the media. Marston's' average media sentiment score of 0.06 beat The Restaurant Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Marston's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Marston's beats The Restaurant Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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