CBOX vs. DFIB, MCLS, CRAW, TSCO, SBRY, MRW, OCDO, PZC, WIL, and MCB
Should you be buying Cake Box stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cake Box include DFI Retail Group (DFIB), McColl's Retail Group (MCLS), Crawshaw Group (CRAW), Tesco (TSCO), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Wm Morrison Supermarkets (MRW), Ocado Group (OCDO), PZ Cussons (PZC), Wilmington (WIL), and McBride (MCB).
Cake Box vs. Its Competitors
Cake Box (LON:CBOX) and DFI Retail Group (LON:DFIB) are both small-cap grocery stores industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
Cake Box currently has a consensus price target of GBX 220, indicating a potential upside of 7.32%. Given Cake Box's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cake Box is more favorable than DFI Retail Group.
39.0% of Cake Box shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of DFI Retail Group shares are held by institutional investors. 29.6% of Cake Box shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DFI Retail Group shares are held by company 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.
Cake Box has a net margin of 12.31% compared to DFI Retail Group's net margin of 1.32%. Cake Box's return on equity of 25.44% beat DFI Retail Group's return on equity.
Cake Box has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DFI Retail Group has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cake Box pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. DFI Retail Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cake Box pays out 89.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DFI Retail Group pays out -36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DFI Retail Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
DFI Retail Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cake Box. DFI 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.
In the previous week, Cake Box's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled DFI Retail Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Cake Box beats DFI Retail Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CBOX) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff