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BMK vs. ABF, CWK, TATE, PFD, BAKK, GNC, DCG, HFG, BD15, and PURE

Should you be buying Benchmark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Benchmark include Associated British Foods (ABF), Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Premier Foods (PFD), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greencore Group (GNC), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Tate & Lyle (BD15), and PureCircle (PURE). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.

Benchmark vs. Its Competitors

Benchmark (LON:BMK) and Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Associated British Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Benchmark. Benchmark 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Benchmark£79.16M0.00-£39.55M£0.06N/A
Associated British Foods£19.85B0.70£1.41B£1.771,099.53

13.3% of Benchmark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.3% of Associated British Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 63.7% of Benchmark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Associated British Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Associated British Foods has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Benchmark's net margin of -43.67%. Associated British Foods' return on equity of 13.07% beat Benchmark's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Benchmark-43.67% -16.05% -1.07%
Associated British Foods 7.25%13.07%5.51%

Associated British Foods has a consensus price target of GBX 2,215, suggesting a potential upside of 13.62%. Given Associated British Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Associated British Foods is more favorable than Benchmark.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Benchmark
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Associated British Foods
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Benchmark has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated British Foods has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Associated British Foods had 26 more articles in the media than Benchmark. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Associated British Foods and 0 mentions for Benchmark. Associated British Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Benchmark's score of 0.00 indicating that Associated British Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Benchmark Neutral
Associated British Foods Neutral

Summary

Associated British Foods beats Benchmark on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BMK vs. The Competition

MetricBenchmarkPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£94.15B£4.39B£7.45B£2.58B
Dividend YieldN/A2.62%3.17%5.30%
P/E Ratio246,774.193,088.291,076.165,410.64
Price / SalesN/A3,533.72992,153.1096,691.09
Price / Cash7.41119.32144.7427.93
Price / BookN/A24.339.087.76
Net Income-£39.55M£2.63B£999.43M£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.27%-0.03%6.47%
1 Month Performance69,445.45%756.00%227.65%55.91%
1 Year Performance36,328.57%467.36%174.11%147.81%

Benchmark Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BMK
Benchmark
N/AN/AN/A+36,856.5%£94.15B£79.16M246,774.19823
ABF
Associated British Foods
1.5216 of 5 stars
GBX 1,967
+1.7%
GBX 2,215
+12.6%
N/A£14.00B£19.85B1,109.42133,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CWK
Cranswick
0.7251 of 5 stars
GBX 5,220
flat
GBX 5,370
+2.9%
+11.7%£2.79B£2.72B2,121.0952,000
TATE
Tate & Lyle
2.5066 of 5 stars
GBX 515
-0.6%
GBX 676.67
+31.4%
-23.3%£2.27B£1.74B1,492.753,604
PFD
Premier Foods
2.088 of 5 stars
GBX 189.40
+0.2%
GBX 255
+34.6%
+6.0%£1.63B£1.15B1,343.264,000Positive News
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
1.2732 of 5 stars
GBX 222.50
-0.7%
GBX 170
-23.6%
+40.1%£1.29B£2.30B2,342.1118,000Positive News
Gap Up
GNC
Greencore Group
N/AGBX 244.14
-1.6%
N/A+34.4%£1.08B£1.86B24.6113,602News Coverage
Dividend Cut
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
HFG
Hilton Food Group
2.2827 of 5 stars
GBX 659
-1.2%
GBX 925
+40.4%
-25.6%£592.47M£4.14B1,532.567,000Analyst Forecast
BD15
Tate & Lyle
N/AN/AN/AN/A£455.63M£1.38B1.694,441Gap Down
PURE
PureCircle
N/AN/AN/AN/A£183.53M£121.14M-2.7810

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This page (LON:BMK) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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