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Diageo (DGE) Competitors

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GBX 1,824 +8.50 (+0.47%)
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DGE vs. CDGP, ART, VINO, DIS, EISB, GUS, ULVR, BMK, BATS, and RKT

Should you be buying Diageo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diageo include Chapel Down Group (CDGP), Artisanal Spirits (ART), Virgin Wines UK (VINO), Distil (DIS), East Imperial (EISB), Gusbourne (GUS), Unilever (ULVR), Benchmark (BMK), British American Tobacco (BATS), and Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

Diageo vs. Its Competitors

Chapel Down Group (LON:CDGP) and Diageo (LON:DGE) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Chapel Down Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diageo has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Diageo has a consensus target price of GBX 2,378.86, suggesting a potential upside of 30.42%. Given Diageo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diageo is more favorable than Chapel Down Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chapel Down Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Diageo
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Diageo had 7 more articles in the media than Chapel Down Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Diageo and 0 mentions for Chapel Down Group. Diageo's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Chapel Down Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Diageo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Chapel Down Group Neutral
Diageo Positive

Diageo has higher revenue and earnings than Chapel Down Group. Chapel Down Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diageo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chapel Down Group£16.35M4.41£1.01M-£0.01-5,528.95
Diageo£20.25B2.00£3.96B£1.061,725.64

0.0% of Chapel Down Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Diageo shares are held by institutional investors. 48.6% of Chapel Down Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Diageo shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Diageo has a net margin of 19.33% compared to Chapel Down Group's net margin of 6.29%. Diageo's return on equity of 50.44% beat Chapel Down Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chapel Down Group6.29% 2.91% 2.25%
Diageo 19.33%50.44%8.30%

Summary

Diageo beats Chapel Down Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DGE vs. The Competition

MetricDiageoBeverages IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£40.59B£5.61B£7.35B£2.56B
Dividend Yield4.22%2.84%3.18%5.31%
P/E Ratio1,725.64304.321,077.085,420.39
Price / Sales2.00139.16992,152.2297,520.66
Price / Cash35.9616.54144.7427.93
Price / Book4.271.489.128.98
Net Income£3.96B£563.17M£999.43M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-2.94%-1.16%-0.06%0.60%
1 Month Performance-12.89%-6.11%0.69%3.17%
1 Year Performance-28.53%-19.89%174.46%186.89%

Diageo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DGE
Diageo
3.1435 of 5 stars
GBX 1,824
+0.5%
GBX 2,378.86
+30.4%
-26.9%£40.59B£20.25B1,725.6430,269High Trading Volume
CDGP
Chapel Down Group
N/AGBX 43.70
+0.6%
N/A-22.6%£74.96M£16.35M-5,750.0068
ART
Artisanal Spirits
N/AGBX 43.11
-2.9%
N/A+2.3%£30.52M£23.60M-937.17115
VINO
Virgin Wines UK
N/AGBX 52.90
+1.2%
N/A+37.5%£27.36M£58.80M2,116.00200
DIS
Distil
N/AGBX 0.26
-6.4%
N/A-32.8%£3.81M£1.28M-137.89220,000
EISB
East Imperial
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.03M£3.14M14.0014
GUS
Gusbourne
N/AGBX 0.80
flat
N/A-98.7%£487K£6.97M-0.14112
ULVR
Unilever
0.9609 of 5 stars
GBX 4,696
-1.5%
GBX 4,518
-3.8%
-6.9%£115.14B£59.77B2,096.43148,000
BMK
Benchmark
N/A£153
-0.6%
N/A+37,217.1%£94.15B£79.16M246,774.19823
BATS
British American Tobacco
1.0898 of 5 stars
GBX 4,139.53
+0.4%
GBX 4,040
-2.4%
+41.6%£90.36B£25.60B2,971.6752,000
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.8298 of 5 stars
GBX 5,806
+1.7%
GBX 5,618.33
-3.2%
+22.0%£39.32B£13.98B3,190.1126,000

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This page (LON:DGE) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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