CBOX vs. MCLS, CRAW, TSCO, MRW, SBRY, DFIB, OCDO, WIL, MCB, and KITW
Should you be buying Cake Box stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cake Box include McColl's Retail Group (MCLS), Crawshaw Group (CRAW), Tesco (TSCO), Wm Morrison Supermarkets (MRW), J Sainsbury (SBRY), DFI Retail Group (DFIB), Ocado Group (OCDO), Wilmington (WIL), McBride (MCB), and Kitwave Group (KITW).
Cake Box vs. Its Competitors
Cake Box (LON:CBOX) and McColl's Retail Group (LON:MCLS) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Cake Box has higher earnings, but lower revenue than McColl's Retail Group. McColl's Retail Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cake Box, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cake Box presently has a consensus price target of GBX 220, indicating a potential downside of 0.59%. Given McColl's Retail Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe McColl's Retail Group is more favorable than Cake Box.
Cake Box pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. McColl's Retail Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Cake Box pays out 78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. McColl's Retail Group pays out -4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Cake Box had 1 more articles in the media than McColl's Retail Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cake Box and 0 mentions for McColl's Retail Group. Cake Box's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat McColl's Retail Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cake Box is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cake Box has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McColl's Retail Group has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cake Box has a net margin of 12.31% compared to McColl's Retail Group's net margin of -0.65%. Cake Box's return on equity of 25.44% beat McColl's Retail Group's return on equity.
45.2% of Cake Box shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of McColl's Retail Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.9% of Cake Box shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cake Box beats McColl's Retail Group on 14 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
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This page (LON:CBOX) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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