CWK vs. TATE, PFD, DCG, HFG, BAKK, GNC, BD15, PURE, FIF, and KYGA
Should you be buying Cranswick stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cranswick include Tate & Lyle (TATE), 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.
Cranswick (LON:CWK) and Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Cranswick has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
77.3% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,737.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.16%. Tate & Lyle has a consensus price target of GBX 790, indicating a potential upside of 13.02%. Given Tate & Lyle's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Cranswick.
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 media.
Tate & Lyle has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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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