JDW vs. DOM, MAB, YNGA, LGRS, SSPG, CRN, WOSG, THG, DAL, and TIFS
Should you be buying J D Wetherspoon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J D Wetherspoon include Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Loungers (LGRS), SSP Group (SSPG), Cairn Homes (CRN), Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG), THG (THG), Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), and TI Fluid Systems (TIFS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
J D Wetherspoon (LON:JDW) and Domino's Pizza Group (LON:DOM) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
J D Wetherspoon pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Domino's Pizza Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. J D Wetherspoon pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Domino's Pizza Group pays out 3,928.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Domino's Pizza Group received 239 more outperform votes than J D Wetherspoon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.03% of users gave Domino's Pizza Group an outperform vote while only 42.90% of users gave J D Wetherspoon an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Domino's Pizza Group had 27 more articles in the media than J D Wetherspoon. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Domino's Pizza Group and 0 mentions for J D Wetherspoon. Domino's Pizza Group's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat J D Wetherspoon's score of 0.00 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 16.92% compared to J D Wetherspoon's net margin of 2.07%. J D Wetherspoon's return on equity of 10.96% beat Domino's Pizza Group's return on equity.
Domino's Pizza Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than J D Wetherspoon. Domino's Pizza Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J D Wetherspoon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
71.3% of J D Wetherspoon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Domino's Pizza Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.7% of J D Wetherspoon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Domino's Pizza Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
J D Wetherspoon presently has a consensus target price of GBX 925, indicating a potential upside of 27.85%. Domino's Pizza Group has a consensus target price of GBX 445, indicating a potential upside of 37.94%. Given Domino's Pizza Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Domino's Pizza Group is more favorable than J D Wetherspoon.
J D Wetherspoon has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Domino's Pizza Group has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Domino's Pizza Group beats J D Wetherspoon on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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