BAKK vs. GNC, HFG, PFD, CWK, TATE, CCR, BAG, MPE, PZC, 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), M.P. Evans Group (MPE), PZ Cussons (PZC), and Warpaint London (W7L). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Greencore Group (LON:GNC) and Bakkavor Group (LON:BAKK) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
49.0% of Greencore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of Bakkavor Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Greencore Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.3% of Bakkavor Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bakkavor Group has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Bakkavor Group's net margin of 1.88%. Greencore Group's return on equity of 8.80% beat Bakkavor Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Bakkavor Group had 2 more articles in the media than Greencore Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bakkavor Group and 1 mentions for Greencore Group. Bakkavor Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Greencore Group's score of -0.20 indicating that Greencore Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Greencore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Bakkavor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Greencore Group pays out 8,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Bakkavor Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Greencore Group received 507 more outperform votes than Bakkavor Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.34% of users gave Greencore Group an outperform vote while only 65.05% of users gave Bakkavor Group an outperform vote.
Greencore Group has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bakkavor Group has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Bakkavor Group beats Greencore Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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