How to buy Greggs shares

Greggs PLC (GRG) is a publicly traded grocery stores business based in the UK which employs around 28,500 staff. Greggs is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and traded in sterling. Its current price of 2456p is 3.6% up on its price a month ago (2370p).

How to buy shares in Greggs online

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Search the platform for stock code: GRG in this case.
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Buy your shares. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares. It's that simple.

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Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Greggs), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Greggs is a major part of the London stock exchange, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Fund	5-year performance	1-year performance (to October 2023)	Link to invest
Vanguard FTSE 250 UCITS ETF Distributing (VMID)	1.77%	-0.53%	Capital at risk
Invesco FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (S250)	1.20%	-0.66%	Invest with IGCapital at risk
Xtrackers FTSE 250 UCITS ETF 1D (XMCX)	1.08%	-0.67%	Invest with IGCapital at risk
HSBC FTSE 250 UCITS ETF GBP (HMCX)	0.22%	-0.74%	Invest with IGCapital at risk
iShares FTSE 250 UCITS ETF (MIDD)	0.16%	-0.78%	Invest with eToroCapital at risk

Is it a good time to buy Greggs stock?

Only you can make the decision on the time to leap... but here's some supporting information and analysis.

Use our graph to track the performance of GRG stocks over time.

Share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Greggs's shares have ranged in value from as little as 2220.1143 up to 2894.9075. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (LSE average) beta is 1, while Greggs's is 1.409. This would suggest that Greggs's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Historical closes compared with the last close of 2456

1 week (2023-11-24)	-1.37%
1 month (2023-11-01)	3.63%
3 months (2023-09-01)	0.50%
6 months (2023-06-01)	-10.36%
1 year (2022-12-01)	8.43%
2 years (2021-12-01)	-10.91%
3 years (2020-12-01)	59.36%
5 years (2018-12-01)	103.62%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

Finder might not agree with the analysis and we take no responsibility. We also give no representations or warranty on the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on this page.

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Is Greggs under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Greggs P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA

P/E ratio
Greggs EBITDA

Greggs's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 19x. In other words, Greggs shares trade at around 19x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United Kingdom stock market as of 10 November, 2023 (10). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

However, Greggs's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.

J Sainsbury (SBRY.LSE): 92.07

Greggs's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £222.4 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Greggs's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.

J Sainsbury (SBRY.LSE): £1.6 billion
Ocado Group (OCDO.LSE): £-118000000
Wm Morrison Supermarkets (MRW.LSE): £730 million

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Frequently asked questions

Dividend yield: 2.42% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 2.42% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 82.19% of net profits

Greggs has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 2.42% of its share value annually.

Greggs has paid out, on average, around 82.19% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.42% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 2.42% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Greggs's case, that would currently equate to about 60 per share.

Greggs's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 7 September 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").

Greggs's dividend yield is perhaps best considered in relation to those of similar companies.
- J Sainsbury (SBRY.LSE): 4.81% (4.81% forward annual dividend yield)
- Ocado Group (OCDO.LSE): 0.00% (does not pay dividend)
- Wm Morrison Supermarkets (MRW.LSE): 1.78% (2.5% forward annual dividend yield)
Greggs's fiscal year ends in December.
Have Greggs's shares ever split?

Greggs's shares were split on a 10:1 basis on 18 May 2009. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Greggs shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 90% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Greggs shares which in turn could have impacted Greggs's share price.
It's as easy to sell Greggs as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Greggs shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Greggs shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Greggs financials

Revenue TTM	£1.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	7.75%
Gross profit TTM	£938.3 million
Return on assets TTM	10.82%
Return on equity TTM	31.58%
Profit margin	8.1%
Book value	4.56p
Market capitalisation	£2.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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