SSPG vs. MAB, DOM, JDW, TRN, SMWH, CCL, ROO, PETS, DNLM, and COA
Should you be buying SSP Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SSP Group include Mitchells & Butlers (MAB), Domino's Pizza Group (DOM), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Trainline (TRN), WH Smith (SMWH), Carnival Co. & (CCL), Deliveroo (ROO), Pets at Home Group (PETS), Dunelm Group (DNLM), and Coats Group (COA). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
SSP Group (LON:SSPG) and Mitchells & Butlers (LON:MAB) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
SSP Group has higher revenue and earnings than Mitchells & Butlers. Mitchells & Butlers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSP Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SSP Group had 1 more articles in the media than Mitchells & Butlers. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SSP Group and 1 mentions for Mitchells & Butlers. Mitchells & Butlers' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat SSP Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Mitchells & Butlers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SSP Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, suggesting a potential upside of 61.41%. Mitchells & Butlers has a consensus price target of GBX 295, suggesting a potential upside of 21.65%. Given SSP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SSP Group is more favorable than Mitchells & Butlers.
86.1% of SSP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.7% of Mitchells & Butlers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of SSP Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.6% of Mitchells & Butlers 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.
SSP Group has a net margin of 0.27% compared to Mitchells & Butlers' net margin of -0.16%. SSP Group's return on equity of 17.72% beat Mitchells & Butlers' return on equity.
SSP Group received 36 more outperform votes than Mitchells & Butlers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.63% of users gave SSP Group an outperform vote while only 56.11% of users gave Mitchells & Butlers an outperform vote.
SSP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Mitchells & Butlers pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. SSP Group pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mitchells & Butlers pays out -80,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mitchells & Butlers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SSP Group has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mitchells & Butlers has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SSP Group beats Mitchells & Butlers on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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