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

Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) and Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGN) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MAB or YNGN?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, MAB or YNGN?

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MAB or YNGN?

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
Mitchells & Butlers	£2.60B	0.56	£44.77M	£7.55	32.32
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	£491.53M	0.82	£14.03M	£19.01	28.81

Is MAB or YNGN a better dividend stock?

Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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. 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.

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

34.2% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.5% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to MAB or YNGN?

In the previous week, Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. had 2 more articles in the media than Mitchells & Butlers. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. and 0 mentions for Mitchells & Butlers. Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.'s average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Mitchells & Butlers' score of 0.00 indicating that Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts rate MAB or YNGN?

Mitchells & Butlers presently has a consensus price target of GBX 340, indicating a potential upside of 39.34%. Given Mitchells & Butlers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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
Mitchells & Butlers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
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

Is MAB or YNGN 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
Mitchells & Butlers	1.72%	1.89%	3.68%
Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C.	2.85%	1.48%	2.99%

Summary

Mitchells & Butlers beats Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.