Glanbia (GLB) Competitors

Finsbury Food Group (LON:FIF) and Glanbia (LON:GLB) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Do analysts rate FIF or GLB?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Finsbury Food Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Glanbia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better valuation and earnings, FIF or GLB?

Glanbia has higher revenue and earnings than Finsbury Food Group. Glanbia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finsbury Food Group, 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
Finsbury Food Group	£413.74M	0.35	£10.77M	£0.08	1,375.00
Glanbia	£4.47B	0.01	£297.30M	£1.02	15.29

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

65.7% of Finsbury Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Glanbia shares are held by institutional investors. 24.5% of Finsbury Food Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Glanbia shares are held by 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.

Does the media prefer FIF or GLB?

In the previous week, Glanbia had 1 more articles in the media than Finsbury Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Glanbia and 0 mentions for Finsbury Food Group. Glanbia's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Finsbury Food Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Glanbia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Finsbury Food Group	Neutral
Glanbia	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, FIF or GLB?

Finsbury Food Group has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glanbia has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FIF or GLB a better dividend stock?

Finsbury Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 237.2%. Finsbury Food Group pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Glanbia pays out 3,627.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Glanbia is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is FIF or GLB more profitable?

Glanbia has a net margin of 6.58% compared to Finsbury Food Group's net margin of 2.60%. Glanbia's return on equity of 14.10% beat Finsbury Food Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finsbury Food Group	2.60%	9.29%	5.12%
Glanbia	6.58%	14.10%	6.05%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FIF or GLB?

Finsbury Food Group received 49 more outperform votes than Glanbia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave Glanbia an outperform vote while only 52.92% of users gave Finsbury Food Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Food Group	Outperform Votes 127 52.92%	Underperform Votes 113 47.08%
Glanbia	Outperform Votes 78 65.00%	Underperform Votes 42 35.00%

Summary

Glanbia beats Finsbury Food Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.