Associated British Foods (ABF) Competitors

Kerry Group (LON:KYGA) and Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts prefer KYGA or ABF?

Associated British Foods has a consensus price target of GBX 2,245, indicating a potential upside of 9.81%. Given Associated British Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Associated British Foods is more favorable than Kerry Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kerry Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Associated British Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer KYGA or ABF?

In the previous week, Associated British Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Associated British Foods and 0 mentions for Kerry Group. Associated British Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Kerry Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Associated British Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kerry Group	Neutral
Associated British Foods	Neutral

Is KYGA or ABF more profitable?

Kerry Group has a net margin of 8.50% compared to Associated British Foods' net margin of 7.25%. Associated British Foods' return on equity of 13.07% beat Kerry Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kerry Group	8.50%	10.15%	4.77%
Associated British Foods	7.25%	13.07%	5.51%

Is KYGA or ABF a better dividend stock?

Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 122.7%. Associated British Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Kerry Group pays out 3,147.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Associated British Foods pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of KYGA or ABF?

41.3% of Kerry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Associated British Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.7% of Kerry Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.1% of Associated British Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, KYGA or ABF?

Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Associated British Foods. Associated British Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kerry Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kerry Group	£736.58B	0.02	£62.65B	£3.78	25.66
Associated British Foods	£19.45B	0.76	£1.41B	£196.33	10.41

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KYGA or ABF?

Associated British Foods received 999 more outperform votes than Kerry Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.90% of users gave Associated British Foods an outperform vote while only 63.60% of users gave Kerry Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kerry Group	Outperform Votes 166 63.60%	Underperform Votes 95 36.40%
Associated British Foods	Outperform Votes 1165 72.90%	Underperform Votes 433 27.10%

Which has more risk and volatility, KYGA or ABF?

Kerry Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated British Foods has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Associated British Foods beats Kerry Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.