PFD vs. HFG, GNC, BAKK, CWK, TATE, FEVR, CCR, BAG, BVIC, and PZC
Should you be buying Premier Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Foods include Hilton Food Group (HFG), Greencore Group (GNC), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), C&C Group (CCR), A.G. BARR (BAG), Britvic (BVIC), and PZ Cussons (PZC). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Premier Foods (LON:PFD) and Hilton Food Group (LON:HFG) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Premier Foods has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Food Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hilton Food Group had 4 more articles in the media than Premier Foods. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hilton Food Group and 1 mentions for Premier Foods. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Hilton Food Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Premier Foods has a net margin of 9.89% compared to Hilton Food Group's net margin of 0.91%. Hilton Food Group's return on equity of 12.12% beat Premier Foods' return on equity.
Premier Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hilton Food Group. Premier Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Food Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Premier Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hilton Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Premier Foods pays out 1,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hilton Food Group pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Premier Foods currently has a consensus target price of GBX 210, suggesting a potential upside of 22.95%. Hilton Food Group has a consensus target price of GBX 700, suggesting a potential downside of 22.65%. Given Premier Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Premier Foods is more favorable than Hilton Food Group.
Hilton Food Group received 31 more outperform votes than Premier Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.52% of users gave Hilton Food Group an outperform vote while only 68.30% of users gave Premier Foods an outperform vote.
47.7% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Premier Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Premier Foods beats Hilton Food Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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