BAKK vs. GNC, HFG, PFD, CWK, TATE, CCR, BAG, PZC, MPE, and W7L
Should you be buying Bakkavor Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bakkavor Group include Greencore Group (GNC), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Premier Foods (PFD), Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), C&C Group (CCR), A.G. BARR (BAG), PZ Cussons (PZC), M.P. Evans Group (MPE), and Warpaint London (W7L). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Bakkavor Group (LON:BAKK) and Greencore Group (LON:GNC) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
44.0% of Bakkavor Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.6% of Greencore Group shares are held by institutional investors. 50.3% of Bakkavor Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Greencore Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bakkavor Group has higher revenue and earnings than Greencore Group. Bakkavor Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greencore Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Greencore Group had 2 more articles in the media than Bakkavor Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Greencore Group and 3 mentions for Bakkavor Group. Bakkavor Group's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Greencore Group's score of 0.26 indicating that Bakkavor Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bakkavor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Greencore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Bakkavor Group pays out 7,777.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greencore Group pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Greencore Group received 507 more outperform votes than Bakkavor Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.26% of users gave Greencore Group an outperform vote while only 65.05% of users gave Bakkavor Group an outperform vote.
Bakkavor Group has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencore Group has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Greencore Group has a net margin of 2.82% compared to Bakkavor Group's net margin of 2.45%. Greencore Group's return on equity of 11.81% beat Bakkavor Group's return on equity.
Summary
Greencore Group beats Bakkavor Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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