BNZL vs. CCH, SBRY, BME, IMB, OCDO, GRG, TATE, ABF, TSCO, and RKT
Should you be buying Bunzl stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bunzl include Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), J Sainsbury (SBRY), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Imperial Brands (IMB), Ocado Group (OCDO), Greggs (GRG), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Associated British Foods (ABF), Tesco (TSCO), and Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Bunzl (LON:BNZL) and Coca-Cola HBC (LON:CCH) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Bunzl received 103 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola HBC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.65% of users gave Coca-Cola HBC an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Bunzl an outperform vote.
Bunzl has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola HBC has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Coca-Cola HBC had 1 more articles in the media than Bunzl. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Coca-Cola HBC and 0 mentions for Bunzl. Coca-Cola HBC's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Bunzl's score of 0.00 indicating that Coca-Cola HBC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bunzl currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,916.67, indicating a potential downside of 8.40%. Coca-Cola HBC has a consensus target price of GBX 2,860, indicating a potential upside of 5.30%. Given Coca-Cola HBC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coca-Cola HBC is more favorable than Bunzl.
Bunzl pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Coca-Cola HBC pays an annual dividend of GBX 80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Bunzl pays out 4,415.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coca-Cola HBC pays out 5,369.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Coca-Cola HBC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bunzl. Coca-Cola HBC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bunzl, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.3% of Bunzl shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Bunzl shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Coca-Cola HBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coca-Cola HBC has a net margin of 6.25% compared to Bunzl's net margin of 4.46%. Coca-Cola HBC's return on equity of 19.34% beat Bunzl's return on equity.
Summary
Coca-Cola HBC beats Bunzl on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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