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Glanbia (GLB) Competitors

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GBX 12.60 -0.25 (-1.95%)
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GLB vs. CWK, TATE, PFD, BAKK, GNC, DCG, HFG, BD15, ZAM, and PURE

Should you be buying Glanbia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glanbia include Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Premier Foods (PFD), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greencore Group (GNC), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Tate & Lyle (BD15), Zambeef Products (ZAM), and PureCircle (PURE). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.

Glanbia vs. Its Competitors

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

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

26.8% of Glanbia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.6% of Glanbia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 290.4%. 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Glanbia£162.12B0.02£12.80B£0.5025.28
Cranswick£2.61B1.08£113.74M£210.1424.87

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
Glanbia7.89% 6.54% 6.05%
Cranswick 4.35%12.64%8.26%

Cranswick has a consensus price target of GBX 5,185, indicating a potential downside of 0.80%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

In the previous week, Cranswick had 2 more articles in the media than Glanbia. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cranswick and 0 mentions for Glanbia. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Glanbia's score of 0.00 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Glanbia Neutral
Cranswick Positive

Summary

Cranswick beats Glanbia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GLB vs. The Competition

MetricGlanbiaPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£3.24B£2.11B£6.89B£2.96B
Dividend Yield2.60%2.65%3.16%5.02%
P/E Ratio25.2815.3113.13147.38
Price / Sales0.0268.8699.57240,143.55
Price / Cash0.14119.32144.7427.97
Price / Book0.027.294.214.55
Net Income£12.80B£2.63B£999.43M£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.58%0.80%0.44%1.38%
1 Month Performance1.03%1.18%-0.48%4.62%
1 Year Performance-31.32%63.83%67.51%79.76%

Glanbia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GLB
Glanbia
N/AGBX 12.60
-1.9%
N/A-30.0%£3.21B£162.12B25.005,534Gap Up
CWK
Cranswick
1.385 of 5 stars
GBX 5,339.57
-0.2%
GBX 5,185
-2.9%
+15.5%£2.88B£2.61B25.4152,000
TATE
Tate & Lyle
3.3598 of 5 stars
GBX 520.96
+0.9%
GBX 720
+38.2%
-13.3%£2.27B£1.81B10.873,604
PFD
Premier Foods
N/AGBX 203.48
+2.0%
GBX 240
+17.9%
+20.8%£1.75B£1.14B15.594,000
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
2.1235 of 5 stars
GBX 218
+0.9%
GBX 170
-22.0%
+48.0%£1.27B£2.26B19.8518,000Gap Up
GNC
Greencore Group
0.3012 of 5 stars
GBX 233.98
+0.2%
GBX 130
-44.4%
+30.1%£1.02B£1.72B21.1613,602Dividend Cut
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
HFG
Hilton Food Group
3.2775 of 5 stars
GBX 875
+1.0%
GBX 1,091.67
+24.8%
-7.1%£783.30M£3.80B16.847,000
BD15
Tate & Lyle
N/AN/AN/AN/A£455.63M£1.38B1.694,441Gap Down
ZAM
Zambeef Products
N/AGBX 4
+0.5%
N/A-29.6%£427.03M£179.19B3.867,000Gap Up
PURE
PureCircle
N/AN/AN/AN/A£183.53M£121.14M-2.7810

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This page (LON:GLB) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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