How to buy Marston’s shares in the UK

Marston’s PLC (MARS) is a publicly traded restaurants business based in the UK which employs around 10,000 staff. Marston’s is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and traded in sterling. Its current price of 38.20p is 4.7% down on its price a month ago (40.10p).

How to buy shares in Marston’s

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Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. MARS in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Alternative ways to invest in Marston’s

Via a fund

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 Marston’s), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Marston’s 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).

Is it a good time to buy Marston’s stock?

Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.

Technical analysis

View Marston’s's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

Use our graph to track the performance of MARS stock over time.

Historical closes compared with the last close of 38.20

1 week (2024-10-28)	-11.16%
1 month (2024-10-04)	-4.74%
3 months (2024-08-04)	-2.30%
6 months (2024-05-04)	40.18%
1 year (2023-11-04)	32.64%
2 years (2022-11-04)	10.66%
3 years (2021-11-04)	-48.41%
5 years (2019-11-04)	-66.94%

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.

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Is Marston’s 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 Marston’s P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Marston’s's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 0x. In other words, Marston’s's shares trade at around 0x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United Kingdom stock market as of 09 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, Marston’s's P/E ratio is best considered in relation to those of others within the industry or those of similar companies.

Loungers (LGRS.LSE): 28.22
Revolution Bars Group (RBG.LSE): 0.00
Young-and-Co’S Brewery A (YNGA.LSE): 46.32
J D Wetherspoon (JDW.LSE): 15.74
Heineken (0O26.LSE): 0.00
Mitchells-and-Butlers (MAB.LSE): 35.79
Restaurant Group (RTN.LSE): 0.00
Fuller Smith-and-Turner (FSTA.LSE): 47.20
Whitbread (WTB.LSE): 22.65
Ei Group (ETINY.US): 0.00

Marston’s'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 Marston’s'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 Marston’s's PEG ratio in relation to those of similar companies.

Loungers (LGRS.LSE): 1.00
Revolution Bars Group (RBG.LSE): 0.00
City Pub Group (CPC.LSE): 0.00
Heineken (0O26.LSE): 0.00
Mitchells-and-Butlers (MAB.LSE): 12.10
Whitbread (WTB.LSE): 2.27

Marston’s's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £175.4 million (£0 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Marston’s'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): £37.6 million
Revolution Bars Group (RBG.LSE): £10.6 million
City Pub Group (CPC.LSE): £6.9 million
Young-and-Co’S Brewery A (YNGA.LSE): £85.1 million
J D Wetherspoon (JDW.LSE): £206.2 million
Heineken (0O26.LSE): EUR€5.9 billion
Mitchells-and-Butlers (MAB.LSE): £383 million
Restaurant Group (RTN.LSE): £110.5 million
Fuller Smith-and-Turner (FSTA.LSE): £56 million
Whitbread (WTB.LSE): £785.7 million

Frequently asked questions

Marston’s'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 Marston’s shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 75% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Marston’s shares which in turn could have impacted Marston’s's share price.
It's as easy to sell Marston’s as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Marston’s 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 Marston’s shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Marston’s financials

Revenue TTM	£893.4 million
Operating margin TTM	16.05%
Gross profit TTM	£379.6 million
Return on assets TTM	3.72%
Return on equity TTM	-2.8%
Profit margin	-1.91%
Book value	0.95p
Market capitalisation	£243.8 million
EBITDA	£175.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

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