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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.
Cranswick has a consensus price target of GBX 5,185, suggesting a potential downside of 0.86%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cranswick is more favorable than Glanbia.
Glanbia has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 292.7%. 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.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Summary
Cranswick beats Glanbia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GLB) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
