C&C Group (CCR) Competitors

C&C Group (LON:CCR) and B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Is CCR or BME more profitable?

B&M European Value Retail has a net margin of 5.81% compared to C&C Group's net margin of -6.87%. B&M European Value Retail's return on equity of 43.85% beat C&C Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
C&C Group	-6.87%	-17.07%	2.08%
B&M European Value Retail	5.81%	43.85%	10.58%

Is CCR or BME a better dividend stock?

C&C Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. B&M European Value Retail pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. C&C Group pays out 170.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. B&M European Value Retail pays out 46.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. B&M European Value Retail is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, CCR or BME?

C&C Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&M European Value Retail has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CCR or BME?

In the previous week, B&M European Value Retail had 7 more articles in the media than C&C Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for B&M European Value Retail and 1 mentions for C&C Group. B&M European Value Retail's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat C&C Group's score of 0.67 indicating that B&M European Value Retail is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
C&C Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
B&M European Value Retail	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CCR or BME?

70.4% of C&C Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of B&M European Value Retail shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of C&C Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of B&M European Value Retail shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CCR or BME?

B&M European Value Retail has a consensus price target of GBX 380.50, indicating a potential upside of 57.17%. Given B&M European Value Retail's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe B&M European Value Retail is more favorable than C&C Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
C&C Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
B&M European Value Retail	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CCR or BME?

B&M European Value Retail has higher revenue and earnings than C&C Group. B&M European Value Retail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C&C Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
C&C Group	£1.67B	0.37	-£130.80M	£0.04	4,742.86
B&M European Value Retail	£5.57B	0.44	£422.41M	£0.32	761.32

Summary

B&M European Value Retail beats C&C Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.