Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGN) Competitors

Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGN) and Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) 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 profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is YNGN or MAB a better dividend stock?

Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays out 115.8% 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 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.

Is YNGN or MAB more profitable?

Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has a net margin of 2.85% compared to Mitchells & Butlers' net margin of 1.72%. Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity of 1.89% beat Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	2.85%	1.48%	2.99%
Mitchells & Butlers	1.72%	1.89%	3.68%

Which has more volatility & risk, YNGN or MAB?

Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitchells & Butlers has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

75.4% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.2% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in YNGN or MAB?

Mitchells & Butlers received 295 more outperform votes than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.03% of users gave Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. an outperform vote while only 56.23% of users gave Mitchells & Butlers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	Outperform Votes 206 71.03%	Underperform Votes 84 28.97%
Mitchells & Butlers	Outperform Votes 501 56.23%	Underperform Votes 390 43.77%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, YNGN or MAB?

Mitchells & Butlers has higher revenue and earnings than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. 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
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	£491.53M	0.79	£14.03M	£19.01	27.67
Mitchells & Butlers	£2.60B	0.50	£44.77M	£7.55	28.87

Do analysts rate YNGN or MAB?

Mitchells & Butlers has a consensus price target of GBX 340, indicating a potential upside of 55.96%. Given Mitchells & Butlers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mitchells & Butlers is more favorable than Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Mitchells & Butlers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer YNGN or MAB?

In the previous week, Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Mitchells & Butlers' score of 0.00 indicating that Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	Positive
Mitchells & Butlers	Neutral

Summary

Mitchells & Butlers beats Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.