TATE vs. CWK, PFD, DCG, HFG, BAKK, GNC, BD15, PURE, FIF, and KYGA
Should you be buying Tate & Lyle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tate & Lyle include Cranswick (CWK), Premier Foods (PFD), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greencore Group (GNC), Tate & Lyle (BD15), PureCircle (PURE), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), and Kerry Group (KYGA). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) and Cranswick (LON:CWK) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Tate & Lyle received 145 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.81% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote while only 59.98% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.
Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cranswick has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cranswick had 7 more articles in the media than Tate & Lyle. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cranswick and 3 mentions for Tate & Lyle. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Tate & Lyle's score of 0.65 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tate & Lyle presently has a consensus target price of GBX 790, indicating a potential upside of 13.02%. Cranswick has a consensus target price of GBX 4,737.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.16%. Given Tate & Lyle's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Cranswick.
Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Tate & Lyle pays out 4,318.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cranswick pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 9.72% compared to Cranswick's net margin of 4.35%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 14.23% beat Cranswick's return on equity.
81.3% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tate & Lyle has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cranswick. Tate & Lyle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cranswick beats Tate & Lyle on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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