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Marston's PLC (MARS) is a leading restaurants business based in the UK. It opened the day at 94.5p after a previous close of 96.95p. During the day the price has varied from a low of 94.5p to a high of 97.95p. The latest price was 97.7p (25 minute delay). Marstons is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 13,095 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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- Can I buy shares in Marstons?
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- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Marstons stock a buy or sell?
- Performance over time
- Are Marstons shares over-valued?
- Financials
- How volatile are Marstons shares?
- Does Marstons pay a dividend?
- Have Marstons shares ever split?
- Other common questions
Marstons share price
Use our graph to track the performance of MARS stocks over time.Marstons shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-04-30.
| Open | 94.5p |
|---|---|
| High | 97.95p |
| Low | 94.5p |
| Close | 97.7p |
| Previous close | 96.95p |
| Change | 0.75p |
| Change % | 0.7736% |
| Volume | 443,193 |
Information last updated 2021-04-27.
| 52-week range | 28.34p - 105.5p |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | 97.3028p |
| 200-day moving average | 78.7563p |
| Wall St. target price | 108.33p |
| Dividend yield | 0.048p (4.88%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 11.6p |
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Is it a good time to buy Marstons stock?
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Marstons price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of 97.7p
| 1 week (2021-04-28) | 1.14% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-04-08) | -2.30% |
| 3 months (2021-02-08) | -1.71% |
| 6 months (2020-11-06) | 104.39% |
| 1 year (2020-05-07) | 189.74% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2019-05-07) | -1.96% |
| 3 years (2018-05-04) | -7.83% |
| 5 years (2016-05-06) | -32.25% |
Is Marstons 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.
PEG ratio
Marstons's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.25. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Marstons's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
However, it's sensible to consider Marstons's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.
- Mitchells-and-Butlers (MAB.LSE): 12.10
- Whitbread (WTB.LSE): 2.27
EBITDA
Marstons's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £36.6 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Marstons'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.
- Loungers (LGRS.LSE): £17.1 million
- Revolution Bars Group (RBG.LSE): £2.5 million
- The City Pub Group (CPC.LSE): £1.6 million
- Young-and-Co-s Brewery P-L-C (YNGA.LSE): £2.9 million
- J D Wetherspoon (JDW.LSE): £92.4 million
- Mitchells-and-Butlers (MAB.LSE): £54 million
- The Restaurant Group (RTN.LSE): £29 million
- Fuller Smith-and-Turner P-L-C (FSTA.LSE): £4.1 million
- Whitbread (WTB.LSE): £631 million
Financials
| Revenue TTM | £515.5 million |
|---|---|
| Gross profit TTM | £195.2 million |
| Return on assets TTM | -0.28% |
| Return on equity TTM | -68.13% |
| Profit margin | -69.76% |
| Book value | 0.393p |
| Market capitalisation | £601.6 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Marstons share dividends
We're not expecting Marstons to pay a dividend over the next 12 months. However, you can browse other dividend-paying shares in our guide.
You may also wish to consider:
- Revolution Bars Group (RBG.LSE) (0.12% forward annual dividend yield)
- The City Pub Group (CPC.LSE) (2.25% forward annual dividend yield)
- J D Wetherspoon (JDW.LSE) (0.57% forward annual dividend yield)
- Mitchells-and-Butlers (MAB.LSE) (1.56% forward annual dividend yield)
Have Marstons's shares ever split?
Marstons's shares were split on a 4:1 basis on 8 January 2007. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 4 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Marstons shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 75% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Marstons shares which in turn could have impacted Marstons's share price.
Share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Marstons's shares have ranged in value from as little as 28.34p up to 105.5p. 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 Marstons's is 1.7049. This would suggest that Marstons's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
To put Marstons's beta into context you can compare it against those of similar companies.
- Revolution Bars Group (RBG.LSE): 3.531
- The City Pub Group (CPC.LSE): 2.3214
- Young-and-Co-s Brewery P-L-C (YNGA.LSE): 1.3223
- J D Wetherspoon (JDW.LSE): 1.5089
- Mitchells-and-Butlers (MAB.LSE): 1.5664
- The Restaurant Group (RTN.LSE): 2.572
- Fuller Smith-and-Turner P-L-C (FSTA.LSE): 0.8112
- Whitbread (WTB.LSE): 1.2879
- Ei Group (ETINY.US): 0.4782
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