CCR vs. BAG, GNC, BAKK, HFG, MPE, PZC, W7L, NICL, WIL, and CCEP
Should you be buying C&C Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C&C Group include A.G. BARR (BAG), Greencore Group (GNC), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Hilton Food Group (HFG), M.P. Evans Group (MPE), PZ Cussons (PZC), Warpaint London (W7L), Nichols (NICL), Wilmington (WIL), and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
C&C Group (LON:CCR) and A.G. BARR (LON:BAG) 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 valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
C&C Group has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A.G. BARR has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
A.G. BARR has lower revenue, but higher earnings than C&C Group. A.G. BARR 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.
C&C Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. A.G. BARR pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. C&C Group pays out 8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A.G. BARR pays out 4,411.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
76.1% of C&C Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of A.G. BARR shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of C&C Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of A.G. BARR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, A.G. BARR had 3 more articles in the media than C&C Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for A.G. BARR and 2 mentions for C&C Group. A.G. BARR's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat C&C Group's score of 0.00 indicating that A.G. BARR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
A.G. BARR received 129 more outperform votes than C&C Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.45% of users gave C&C Group an outperform vote while only 48.65% of users gave A.G. BARR an outperform vote.
A.G. BARR has a net margin of 9.62% compared to C&C Group's net margin of 1.64%. A.G. BARR's return on equity of 13.71% beat C&C Group's return on equity.
C&C Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 18.26%. A.G. BARR has a consensus target price of GBX 574, suggesting a potential downside of 1.03%. Given C&C Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe C&C Group is more favorable than A.G. BARR.
Summary
A.G. BARR beats C&C Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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