CCR vs. CWK, OCDO, TATE, BME, PFD, BAKK, FEVR, GNC, DCG, and MPE
Should you be buying C&C Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C&C Group include Cranswick (CWK), Ocado Group (OCDO), Tate & Lyle (TATE), B&M European Value Retail (BME), Premier Foods (PFD), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Greencore Group (GNC), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), and M.P. Evans Group (MPE). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
C&C Group vs. Its Competitors
C&C Group (LON:CCR) and Cranswick (LON:CWK) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
C&C Group has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cranswick has a consensus target price of GBX 5,370, indicating a potential upside of 1.32%. Given Cranswick's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cranswick is more favorable than C&C Group.
C&C Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. C&C Group pays out -20.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cranswick pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. C&C Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Cranswick has higher revenue and earnings than C&C Group. C&C Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cranswick has a net margin of 4.35% compared to C&C Group's net margin of -6.87%. Cranswick's return on equity of 12.64% beat C&C Group's return on equity.
78.7% of C&C Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of C&C Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Cranswick had 6 more articles in the media than C&C Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cranswick and 1 mentions for C&C Group. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat C&C Group's score of 0.39 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Cranswick beats C&C Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CCR) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
