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Associated British Foods (ABF) Competitors

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GBX 2,100 -41.00 (-1.91%)
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ABF vs. KYGA, GLB, CWK, TATE, PFD, BAKK, DCG, GNC, HFG, and ZAM

Should you be buying Associated British Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated British Foods include Kerry Group (KYGA), Glanbia (GLB), Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Premier Foods (PFD), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Greencore Group (GNC), Hilton Food Group (HFG), and Zambeef Products (ZAM). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.

Associated British Foods vs.

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

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
Associated British Foods7.25% 13.07% 5.51%
Kerry Group 8.50%10.15%4.77%

Associated British Foods currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,245, indicating a potential upside of 6.90%. Given Associated British Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Associated British Foods is more favorable than Kerry Group.

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

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Associated British Foods£19.45B0.78£1.41B£196.3310.70
Kerry Group£736.58B0.02£62.65B£3.7825.36

In the previous week, Associated British Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Kerry Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Associated British Foods and 0 mentions for Kerry Group. Associated British Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Kerry Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Associated British Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Associated British Foods Neutral
Kerry Group Neutral

Associated British Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Kerry Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 119 per share and has a dividend yield of 124.1%. Associated British Foods pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Associated British FoodsOutperform Votes
1165
72.90%
Underperform Votes
433
27.10%
Kerry GroupOutperform Votes
166
63.60%
Underperform Votes
95
36.40%

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

Summary

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

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ABF vs. The Competition

MetricAssociated British FoodsPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£15.14B£2.17B£6.95B£2.66B
Dividend Yield3.31%2.63%3.16%5.05%
P/E Ratio10.7012.1912.07129.21
Price / Sales0.7841.8584.32221,406.01
Price / Cash6.14123.14147.7728.02
Price / Book1.393.152.993.79
Net Income£1.41B£2.63B£1.01B£5.88B
7 Day Performance0.96%1.32%1.92%0.63%
1 Month Performance-4.59%54.13%19.48%22.11%
1 Year Performance-21.88%62.73%63.34%120.87%

Associated British Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ABF
Associated British Foods
0.9704 of 5 stars
GBX 2,100
-1.9%
GBX 2,245
+6.9%
-21.1%£15.14B£19.45B10.70133,000
KYGA
Kerry Group
N/AGBX 95.86
-3.9%
N/A+23.4%£15.89B£736.58B25.3621,000
GLB
Glanbia
N/AGBX 12.25
+1.2%
N/A-30.7%£3.12B£162.12B24.305,534Positive News
CWK
Cranswick
1.0839 of 5 stars
GBX 5,390
-1.8%
GBX 5,185
-3.8%
+25.2%£2.91B£2.61B25.6552,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TATE
Tate & Lyle
3.0514 of 5 stars
GBX 572.50
-5.1%
GBX 720
+25.8%
-9.8%£2.49B£1.81B11.943,604News Coverage
Earnings Report
PFD
Premier Foods
2.3109 of 5 stars
GBX 212
-1.2%
GBX 240
+13.2%
+23.2%£1.83B£1.14B16.244,000Earnings Report
Insider Trade
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
1.7526 of 5 stars
GBX 205.05
+0.5%
GBX 165
-19.5%
+56.6%£1.20B£2.26B18.6718,000High Trading Volume
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
GNC
Greencore Group
0.5588 of 5 stars
GBX 217
+2.4%
GBX 130
-40.1%
+27.8%£944.46M£1.72B19.6313,602Dividend Cut
HFG
Hilton Food Group
1.8439 of 5 stars
GBX 891
-1.0%
GBX 1,091.67
+22.5%
-2.9%£797.62M£3.80B17.157,000Analyst Forecast
ZAM
Zambeef Products
N/AGBX 4.30
+4.9%
N/A-25.9%£459.06M£179.19B4.157,000Positive News
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This page (LON:ABF) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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