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A.G. BARR (BAG) Competitors

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GBX 686 -4.00 (-0.58%)
As of 08/22/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

BAG vs. FEVR, NICL, CCEP, CCH, BVIC, OCDO, CWK, TATE, BME, and PFD

Should you be buying A.G. BARR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of A.G. BARR include Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Nichols (NICL), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Britvic (BVIC), Ocado Group (OCDO), Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), B&M European Value Retail (BME), and Premier Foods (PFD). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

A.G. BARR vs. Its Competitors

Fevertree Drinks (LON:FEVR) and A.G. BARR (LON:BAG) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

A.G. BARR has a net margin of 8.81% compared to Fevertree Drinks' net margin of 6.05%. A.G. BARR's return on equity of 12.27% beat Fevertree Drinks' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fevertree Drinks6.05% 9.30% 4.91%
A.G. BARR 8.81%12.27%7.77%

Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. A.G. BARR pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Fevertree Drinks pays out 90.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A.G. BARR pays out 49.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. A.G. BARR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

A.G. BARR has higher revenue and earnings than Fevertree Drinks. A.G. BARR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fevertree Drinks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fevertree Drinks£394.92M2.72£23.91M£18.7944.82
A.G. BARR£414.41M1.85£36.51M£32.5221.09

68.0% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of A.G. BARR shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of A.G. BARR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Fevertree Drinks had 3 more articles in the media than A.G. BARR. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fevertree Drinks and 2 mentions for A.G. BARR. Fevertree Drinks' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat A.G. BARR's score of 0.55 indicating that Fevertree Drinks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fevertree Drinks
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
A.G. BARR
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fevertree Drinks presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,325, suggesting a potential upside of 57.36%. A.G. BARR has a consensus price target of GBX 755, suggesting a potential upside of 10.06%. Given Fevertree Drinks' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Fevertree Drinks is more favorable than A.G. BARR.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fevertree Drinks
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
A.G. BARR
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Fevertree Drinks has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A.G. BARR has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

A.G. BARR beats Fevertree Drinks on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BAG vs. The Competition

MetricA.G. BARRBeverages IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£766.57M£9.40B£7.73B£3.22B
Dividend Yield2.38%1.92%3.17%5.04%
P/E Ratio21.097.5213.50164.70
Price / Sales1.85169.351,488.20310,110.48
Price / Cash9.368.47144.7427.93
Price / Book2.565.3110.095.91
Net Income£36.51M£553.25M£999.43M£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.26%234.67%49.50%
1 Month Performance-4.32%-2.22%264.61%56.36%
1 Year Performance5.54%563.33%221.40%136.20%

A.G. BARR Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAG
A.G. BARR
2.6737 of 5 stars
GBX 686
-0.6%
GBX 755
+10.1%
+6.2%£766.57M£414.41M21.091,030
FEVR
Fevertree Drinks
2.649 of 5 stars
GBX 947
-0.4%
GBX 1,325
+39.9%
-6.2%£1.21B£394.92M50.41375News Coverage
Gap Down
NICL
Nichols
2.6207 of 5 stars
GBX 1,175
+1.3%
GBX 1,820
+54.9%
+0.4%£429.16M£169.02M22.93325
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
1.4163 of 5 stars
GBX 6,920
-1.8%
GBX 8,130
+17.5%
+9,472.0%£38.35B£23.04B23.8127,600
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
1.8033 of 5 stars
GBX 3,860
-0.3%
GBX 4,104.50
+6.3%
+43.4%£16.70B£12.23B26.6832,700
BVIC
Britvic
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.28B£1.83B25.414,430
OCDO
Ocado Group
2.1807 of 5 stars
GBX 358.60
-4.0%
GBX 437
+21.9%
+0.6%£3.01B£3.07B-13.6518,869Positive News
CWK
Cranswick
1.4261 of 5 stars
GBX 5,230
-0.8%
GBX 5,370
+2.7%
+11.6%£2.82B£2.61B24.8952,000
TATE
Tate & Lyle
2.6572 of 5 stars
GBX 536
flat
GBX 676.67
+26.2%
-16.9%£2.33B£1.81B11.183,604News Coverage
BME
B&M European Value Retail
4.1587 of 5 stars
GBX 223.10
+0.0%
GBX 406.60
+82.3%
-45.2%£2.25B£7.27B5.3439,484
PFD
Premier Foods
3.4338 of 5 stars
GBX 188.35
-1.0%
GBX 270
+43.4%
+7.6%£1.62B£1.14B14.434,000News Coverage
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This page (LON:BAG) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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