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A.G. BARR (BAG) Competitors

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GBX 685 +5.00 (+0.74%)
As of 07/11/2025 11:49 AM Eastern

BAG vs. FEVR, NICL, CCEP, CCH, BVIC, BME, CWK, TATE, OCDO, 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), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Ocado Group (OCDO), 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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

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

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%

In the previous week, A.G. BARR had 6 more articles in the media than Fevertree Drinks. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for A.G. BARR and 2 mentions for Fevertree Drinks. A.G. BARR's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Fevertree Drinks' score of 0.59 indicating that A.G. BARR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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£394.92M2.87£23.91M£18.7947.38
A.G. BARR£414.41M1.85£36.51M£32.5221.06

Fevertree Drinks currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,658.33, indicating a potential upside of 86.33%. Given Fevertree Drinks' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
A.G. BARR
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

A.G. BARR beats Fevertree Drinks on 11 of the 18 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£765.45M£9.75B£6.90B£3.00B
Dividend Yield2.38%1.92%3.16%5.02%
P/E Ratio21.067.8213.13150.83
Price / Sales1.85179.7296.92314,599.98
Price / Cash9.368.47144.7427.97
Price / Book2.555.494.264.58
Net Income£36.51M£553.25M£999.43M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.30%-1.79%-0.41%11.51%
1 Month Performance0.74%-1.17%-1.37%7.92%
1 Year Performance9.25%574.03%67.02%32.01%

A.G. BARR Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAG
A.G. BARR
N/AGBX 685
+0.7%
N/A+8.9%£765.45M£414.41M21.061,030News Coverage
FEVR
Fevertree Drinks
2.0063 of 5 stars
GBX 916.20
-1.9%
GBX 1,658.33
+81.0%
-13.4%£1.17B£394.92M48.77375News Coverage
Gap Down
NICL
Nichols
2.0416 of 5 stars
GBX 1,410
+2.2%
GBX 1,760
+24.8%
+33.0%£514.99M£169.02M27.51325
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
1.9919 of 5 stars
GBX 6,840
+1.9%
N/A+10,267.6%£37.91B£23.04B23.5327,600News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CCH
Coca-Cola HBC
1.3638 of 5 stars
GBX 3,870
+1.7%
GBX 3,300
-14.7%
+45.3%£16.75B£12.23B26.7532,700
BVIC
Britvic
N/AN/AGBX 1,315
+∞
N/A£3.28B£1.83B25.414,430
BME
B&M European Value Retail
3.5423 of 5 stars
GBX 287.48
+5.9%
GBX 457.75
+59.2%
-41.6%£2.90B£7.27B6.8839,484Positive News
CWK
Cranswick
1.2105 of 5 stars
GBX 5,339.57
-0.2%
GBX 5,185
-2.9%
+15.3%£2.88B£2.61B25.4152,000News Coverage
Insider Trade
TATE
Tate & Lyle
3.3543 of 5 stars
GBX 520.96
+0.9%
GBX 720
+38.2%
-13.8%£2.27B£1.81B10.873,604Analyst Forecast
OCDO
Ocado Group
0.2775 of 5 stars
GBX 240.30
+5.9%
GBX 260
+8.2%
-38.1%£2.02B£3.07B-9.1518,869News Coverage
PFD
Premier Foods
N/AGBX 203.48
+2.0%
GBX 240
+17.9%
+13.9%£1.75B£1.14B15.594,000

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This page (LON:BAG) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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