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Financial distress

Marston's

LSE:MARS · GB00B1JQDM80
Hotels, Restaurants & LeisureMedium

360

75
EV / EBIT83
Price / Owner Earnings58
Owner Earnings Yield52
Dividend Yield56
Price/Sales89
EV / Gross Profit57
Price/Book93
Return on Capital51
Cash Return on Capital45
Return on Equity68
EBIT Margin99
Gross Profitability29
Cash Conversion34
Accruals55
Owner Earnings Margin70
Sales growth25
Profit Growth49
Long-Term EPS Growth34
Owner Earnings Growth75
Reinvestment42
Price momentum61
Debt load38
Refinancing12
Debt Payback19
Liquidity22
Analyst ratings57
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside93
Market mood51
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Marston's clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUK
IndustryHotels, Restaurants & Leisure
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeLSE
Founded1890
Employees2,044
Websitemarstonspubs.co.uk
ISINGB00B1JQDM80
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
FTSE All Shares (United Kingdom)Sound Pay Practices (Europe)
Themes
DistilleryBrewing

Description

Marston's PLC operates pub-restaurants and franchise-style pubs, including lodges and premium bars. The company’s breweries and depots supply and distribute a portfolio of beers to its estate, supermarkets and other pub and leisure businesses in the…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Marston's PLC sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 8.9×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analysts lean positive.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
67
2023202420252026

All-time high

67

Jun 2026

All-time low

6

Jan 2024

Average rank

39

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
89
63
95
82
Price/Earnings
95
97
95
97
Price/Book
93
95
95
88
Dividend Yield
56
1
1
1
Value (overall)
98
75
86
88

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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