ABF vs. TATE, CWK, PFD, DCG, BAKK, GNC, HFG, BD15, PURE, and FIF
Should you be buying Associated British Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated British Foods include Tate & Lyle (TATE), Cranswick (CWK), Premier Foods (PFD), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greencore Group (GNC), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Tate & Lyle (BD15), PureCircle (PURE), and Finsbury Food Group (FIF). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) and Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and risk.
Associated British Foods currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,250, suggesting a potential downside of 10.47%. Tate & Lyle has a consensus target price of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 27.02%. Given Tate & Lyle's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Associated British Foods.
Associated British Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Tate & Lyle. Tate & Lyle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated British Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Tate & Lyle had 2 more articles in the media than Associated British Foods. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tate & Lyle and 1 mentions for Associated British Foods. Tate & Lyle's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Associated British Foods' score of 0.00 indicating that Tate & Lyle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
18.6% of Associated British Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by institutional investors. 58.7% of Associated British Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Tate & Lyle 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.
Associated British Foods received 613 more outperform votes than Tate & Lyle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.97% of users gave Associated British Foods an outperform vote while only 60.02% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.
Associated British Foods has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 9.72% compared to Associated British Foods' net margin of 5.92%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 14.23% beat Associated British Foods' return on equity.
Associated British Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Associated British Foods pays out 3,483.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tate & Lyle pays out 4,318.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Associated British Foods and Tate & Lyle tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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