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CBOX vs. DFIB, MCLS, CRAW, TSCO, and SBRY

Should you buy Cake Box stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Cake Box with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Cake Box include DFI Retail Group (DFIB), McColl's Retail Group (MCLS), Crawshaw Group (CRAW), Tesco (TSCO), and J Sainsbury (SBRY). These companies are all part of the "grocery stores" industry.

How does Cake Box compare to DFI Retail Group?

Cake Box (LON:CBOX) and DFI Retail Group (LON:DFIB) are both small-cap grocery stores industry companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

10.6% of Cake Box shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of DFI Retail Group shares are held by institutional investors. 29.6% of Cake Box shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of DFI Retail Group shares are held by company 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.

Cake Box pays an annual dividend of GBX 10.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. DFI Retail Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 111.9%. Cake Box pays out 91.1% 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 59.2% 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.

In the previous week, DFI Retail Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Cake Box's score of 0.00 indicating that DFI Retail Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cake Box Neutral
DFI Retail Group Positive

Cake Box has a beta of 0.854, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, DFI Retail Group has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the broader market.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cake Box£59.69M1.47£4.76M£11.4117.53
DFI Retail Group£8.87B0.01£3.03B£17.340.53

Cake Box has a net margin of 8.74% compared to DFI Retail Group's net margin of 2.65%. DFI Retail Group's return on equity of 51.72% beat Cake Box's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cake Box8.74% 19.38% 13.19%
DFI Retail Group 2.65%51.72%1.41%

Summary

Cake Box and DFI Retail Group tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Cake Box compare to McColl's Retail Group?

McColl's Retail Group (LON:MCLS) and Cake Box (LON:CBOX) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

McColl's Retail Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Cake Box pays an annual dividend of GBX 10.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. McColl's Retail Group pays out -4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cake Box pays out 91.1% 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 has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Cake Box has a beta of 0.854, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the broader market.

Cake Box has a net margin of 8.74% compared to McColl's Retail Group's net margin of -0.65%. Cake Box's return on equity of 19.38% beat McColl's Retail Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
McColl's Retail Group-0.65% -37.96% 1.39%
Cake Box 8.74%19.38%13.19%

9.6% of McColl's Retail Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Cake Box shares are held by institutional investors. 29.6% of Cake Box shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cake Box has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
McColl's Retail Group£1.23B0.00-£8M-£0.07N/A
Cake Box£59.69M1.47£4.76M£11.4117.53

In the previous week, McColl's Retail Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cake Box'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
McColl's Retail Group Neutral
Cake Box Neutral

Summary

Cake Box beats McColl's Retail Group on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Cake Box compare to Crawshaw Group?

Cake Box (LON:CBOX) and Crawshaw Group (LON:CRAW) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

In the previous week, Cake Box's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crawshaw Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cake Box Neutral
Crawshaw Group Neutral

Cake Box has higher revenue and earnings than Crawshaw Group.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cake Box£59.69M1.47£4.76M£11.4117.53
Crawshaw GroupN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

10.6% of Cake Box shares are held by institutional investors. 29.6% of Cake Box shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cake Box has a net margin of 8.74% compared to Crawshaw Group's net margin of 0.00%. Cake Box's return on equity of 19.38% beat Crawshaw Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cake Box8.74% 19.38% 13.19%
Crawshaw Group N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Cake Box beats Crawshaw Group on 6 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Cake Box compare to Tesco?

Cake Box (LON:CBOX) and Tesco (LON:TSCO) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Tesco has a consensus price target of GBX 488, indicating a potential upside of 3.39%. Given Tesco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tesco is more favorable than Cake Box.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cake Box
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Tesco
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

In the previous week, Tesco had 5 more articles in the media than Cake Box. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tesco and 0 mentions for Cake Box. Tesco's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Cake Box's score of 0.00 indicating that Tesco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cake Box Neutral
Tesco Neutral

10.6% of Cake Box shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Tesco shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.6% of Cake Box shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tesco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Tesco has higher revenue and earnings than Cake Box. Tesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cake Box, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cake Box£59.69M1.47£4.76M£11.4117.53
Tesco£73.71B0.40£1.27B£27.1017.42

Cake Box pays an annual dividend of GBX 10.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Tesco pays an annual dividend of GBX 14.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Cake Box pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tesco pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Cake Box has a beta of 0.854, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Tesco has a beta of 0.575, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the broader market.

Cake Box has a net margin of 8.74% compared to Tesco's net margin of 2.42%. Cake Box's return on equity of 19.38% beat Tesco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cake Box8.74% 19.38% 13.19%
Tesco 2.42%16.05%3.93%

Summary

Tesco beats Cake Box on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Cake Box compare to J Sainsbury?

Cake Box (LON:CBOX) and J Sainsbury (LON:SBRY) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Cake Box has a net margin of 8.74% compared to J Sainsbury's net margin of 1.14%. Cake Box's return on equity of 19.38% beat J Sainsbury's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cake Box8.74% 19.38% 13.19%
J Sainsbury 1.14%6.12%3.55%

J Sainsbury has a consensus target price of GBX 847.50, indicating a potential upside of 144.52%. Given J Sainsbury's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J Sainsbury is more favorable than Cake Box.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cake Box
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
J Sainsbury
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Cake Box has a beta of 0.854, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, J Sainsbury has a beta of 1.002, indicating that its share price is 0% more volatile than the broader market.

10.6% of Cake Box shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of J Sainsbury shares are held by institutional investors. 29.6% of Cake Box shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of J Sainsbury shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cake Box pays an annual dividend of GBX 10.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. J Sainsbury pays an annual dividend of GBX 13.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Cake Box pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. J Sainsbury pays out 81.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, J Sainsbury had 3 more articles in the media than Cake Box. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for J Sainsbury and 0 mentions for Cake Box. J Sainsbury's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Cake Box's score of 0.00 indicating that J Sainsbury is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cake Box Neutral
J Sainsbury Positive

J Sainsbury has higher revenue and earnings than Cake Box. Cake Box is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J Sainsbury, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cake Box£59.69M1.47£4.76M£11.4117.53
J Sainsbury£33.65B0.23£136.70M£16.9020.51

Summary

J Sainsbury beats Cake Box on 12 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

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CBOX vs. The Competition

MetricCake BoxGrocery Stores IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£88M£23.09B£8.30B£2.78B
Dividend Yield5.33%2.82%3.15%6.12%
P/E Ratio17.5319.67888.54368.62
Price / Sales1.4727.09992,149.6684,802.19
Price / Cash8.04125.61142.3327.87
Price / Book4.143.069.317.76
Net Income£4.76M£958.31M£1.03B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.99%0.71%-0.10%1.32%
1 Month PerformanceN/A0.91%-0.38%-0.71%
1 Year Performance6.67%-5.18%244.85%62.36%

Cake Box Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CBOX
Cake Box
N/AGBX 200
-2.4%
N/A+13.8%£88M£59.69M17.53173
DFIB
DFI Retail Group
N/AGBX 9.17
flat
N/AN/A£124.13M£8.87B0.53213,000
MCLS
McColl's Retail Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£701K£1.23BN/A6,403
CRAW
Crawshaw Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/AN/AN/A
TSCO
Tesco
2.1885 of 5 stars
GBX 471.80
+0.9%
GBX 488
+3.4%
+16.2%£29.41B£73.71B17.4149,000

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This page (LON:CBOX) was last updated on 7/15/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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