AEP vs. MPE, CAM, CCEP, WIL, W7L, KITW, PZC, NICL, MCB, and KYGA
Should you be buying Anglo-Eastern Plantations stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Anglo-Eastern Plantations include M.P. Evans Group (MPE), Camellia (CAM), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Wilmington (WIL), Warpaint London (W7L), Kitwave Group (KITW), PZ Cussons (PZC), Nichols (NICL), McBride (MCB), and Kerry Group (KYGA). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) and M.P. Evans Group (LON:MPE) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.
M.P. Evans Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Anglo-Eastern Plantations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M.P. Evans Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
M.P. Evans Group received 120 more outperform votes than Anglo-Eastern Plantations when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 83.56% of users gave M.P. Evans Group an outperform vote while only 68.51% of users gave Anglo-Eastern Plantations an outperform vote.
M.P. Evans Group has a net margin of 17.08% compared to Anglo-Eastern Plantations' net margin of 10.93%. M.P. Evans Group's return on equity of 11.35% beat Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity.
10.8% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.9% of M.P. Evans Group shares are held by institutional investors. 71.9% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.9% of M.P. Evans Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. M.P. Evans Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 3,404.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. M.P. Evans Group pays out 5,844.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled M.P. Evans Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M.P. Evans Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
M.P. Evans Group beats Anglo-Eastern Plantations on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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