ABF vs. TSCO, IMB, BNZL, CCH, RKT, SBRY, BME, BATS, DGE, and TATE
Should you be buying Associated British Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated British Foods include Tesco (TSCO), Imperial Brands (IMB), Bunzl (BNZL), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), J Sainsbury (SBRY), B&M European Value Retail (BME), British American Tobacco (BATS), Diageo (DGE), and Tate & Lyle (TATE). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) and Tesco (LON:TSCO) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Associated British Foods presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,166.67, indicating a potential downside of 18.88%. Tesco has a consensus target price of GBX 313.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.04%. Given Tesco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tesco is more favorable than Associated British Foods.
Tesco has higher revenue and earnings than Associated British Foods. Tesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated British Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Associated British Foods has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesco has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Associated British Foods has a net margin of 5.29% compared to Tesco's net margin of 2.13%. Tesco's return on equity of 11.11% beat Associated British Foods' return on equity.
In the previous week, Tesco had 6 more articles in the media than Associated British Foods. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Tesco and 3 mentions for Associated British Foods. Associated British Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Tesco's score of 0.33 indicating that Associated British Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tesco received 173 more outperform votes than Associated British Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.97% of users gave Associated British Foods an outperform vote while only 61.62% of users gave Tesco an outperform vote.
18.9% of Associated British Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Tesco shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.6% of Associated British Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Tesco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Associated British Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Associated British Foods pays out 3,507.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tesco pays out 5,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Associated British Foods and Tesco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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