SSPG vs. GRG, GNK, MAB, DOM, EIG, JDW, RTN, YNGA, DPEU, and FSTA
Should you be buying SSP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SSP Group include Greggs (GRG), Greene King (GNK), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), The Restaurant Group (RTN), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), DP Eurasia (DPEU), and Fuller, Smith & Turner (FSTA). These companies are all part of the "restaurants" industry.
SSP Group vs.
SSP Group (LON:SSPG) and Greggs (LON:GRG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Greggs has a net margin of 7.13% compared to SSP Group's net margin of 0.24%. Greggs' return on equity of 28.74% beat SSP Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Greggs had 2 more articles in the media than SSP Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greggs and 0 mentions for SSP Group. Greggs' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat SSP Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Greggs is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SSP Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 268.75, suggesting a potential upside of 73.61%. Greggs has a consensus target price of GBX 3,461.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.02%. Given SSP Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SSP Group is more favorable than Greggs.
SSP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Greggs pays an annual dividend of GBX 65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. SSP Group pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Greggs is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SSP Group has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greggs has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SSP Group received 94 more outperform votes than Greggs when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.30% of users gave SSP Group an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote.
Greggs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SSP Group. Greggs is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSP Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.3% of SSP Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.5% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of SSP Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Greggs shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Greggs beats SSP Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SSPG) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
