Glanbia (GLB) Competitors

Glanbia (LON:GLB) and Cranswick (LON:CWK) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GLB or CWK?

26.8% of Glanbia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cranswick shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of Glanbia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cranswick shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GLB or CWK?

Glanbia has higher revenue and earnings than Cranswick. Glanbia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, 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
Glanbia	£162.12B	0.02	£12.80B	£0.50	24.36
Cranswick	£2.61B	1.12	£113.74M	£210.14	25.74

Is GLB or CWK a better dividend stock?

Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 301.3%. Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Glanbia pays out 7,340.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cranswick pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, GLB or CWK?

Glanbia has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GLB or CWK?

Cranswick received 326 more outperform votes than Glanbia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave Glanbia an outperform vote while only 63.42% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glanbia	Outperform Votes 78 65.00%	Underperform Votes 42 35.00%
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.42%	Underperform Votes 233 36.58%

Do analysts rate GLB or CWK?

Cranswick has a consensus price target of GBX 5,185, suggesting a potential downside of 4.16%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cranswick is more favorable than Glanbia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glanbia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is GLB or CWK more profitable?

Glanbia has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Cranswick's net margin of 4.35%. Cranswick's return on equity of 12.64% beat Glanbia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glanbia	7.89%	6.54%	6.05%
Cranswick	4.35%	12.64%	8.26%

Does the media favor GLB or CWK?

In the previous week, Cranswick had 14 more articles in the media than Glanbia. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cranswick and 0 mentions for Glanbia. Glanbia's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Cranswick's score of 0.89 indicating that Glanbia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Glanbia	Positive
Cranswick	Positive

Summary

Cranswick beats Glanbia on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.