WIL vs. CCEP, AEP, W7L, NICL, KITW, PZC, MCB, MPE, KYGA, and CAM
Should you be buying Wilmington stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wilmington include Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP), Warpaint London (W7L), Nichols (NICL), Kitwave Group (KITW), PZ Cussons (PZC), McBride (MCB), M.P. Evans Group (MPE), Kerry Group (KYGA), and Camellia (CAM). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Wilmington (LON:WIL) and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (LON:CCEP) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Wilmington has a net margin of 15.23% compared to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' net margin of 9.12%. Wilmington's return on equity of 23.75% beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' return on equity.
Wilmington received 451 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Coca-Cola Europacific Partners an outperform vote while only 79.68% of users gave Wilmington an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Wilmington had 41 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Wilmington and 3 mentions for Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Wilmington's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Coca-Cola Europacific Partners' score of -0.04 indicating that Wilmington is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.7% of Wilmington shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Wilmington shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.5% of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners shares are held 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.
Wilmington pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 184 per share and has a dividend yield of 274.6%. Wilmington pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners pays out 5,068.9% 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 Europacific Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Wilmington. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wilmington, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wilmington currently has a consensus price target of GBX 418, suggesting a potential upside of 14.52%. Given Wilmington's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wilmington is more favorable than Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.
Wilmington has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wilmington beats Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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