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Greencore Group (GNC) Competitors

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GBX 242 +2.00 (+0.83%)
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GNC vs. CWK, TATE, PFD, BAKK, DCG, HFG, BD15, PURE, FIF, and KYGA

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

Greencore Group vs. Its Competitors

Cranswick (LON:CWK) and Greencore Group (LON:GNC) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencore Group has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

71.2% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Greencore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Greencore Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greencore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cranswick pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greencore Group pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, Greencore Group had 2 more articles in the media than Cranswick. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greencore Group and 0 mentions for Cranswick. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Greencore Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cranswick Neutral
Greencore Group Neutral

Cranswick presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,370, indicating a potential upside of 5.29%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Cranswick is more favorable than Greencore Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cranswick
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Greencore Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Cranswick has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Greencore Group's net margin of 2.82%. Cranswick's return on equity of 12.64% beat Greencore Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cranswick4.35% 12.64% 8.26%
Greencore Group 2.82%11.62%4.43%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cranswick£2.72B1.00£113.74M£2.462,072.33
Greencore Group£1.86B0.57£48.48M£9.9224.40

Summary

Cranswick beats Greencore Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GNC vs. The Competition

MetricGreencore GroupPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.07B£4.39B£7.36B£2.56B
Dividend Yield0.82%2.63%3.18%5.31%
P/E Ratio24.403,125.211,079.625,410.43
Price / Sales0.573,533.64992,152.5997,367.82
Price / Cash3.13119.32144.7427.93
Price / Book2.5224.469.169.45
Net Income£48.48M£2.63B£999.43M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.02%-0.63%0.39%0.45%
1 Month Performance-3.40%664.88%201.01%44.44%
1 Year Performance31.95%494.81%182.14%186.28%

Greencore Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNC
Greencore Group
N/AGBX 242
+0.8%
N/A+31.7%£1.07B£1.86B24.4013,602News Coverage
Dividend Cut
CWK
Cranswick
0.7826 of 5 stars
GBX 5,080
-1.6%
GBX 5,370
+5.7%
+8.5%£2.72B£2.72B2,064.2052,000
TATE
Tate & Lyle
2.936 of 5 stars
GBX 503.84
-1.4%
GBX 676.67
+34.3%
-24.8%£2.23B£1.74B1,460.413,604News Coverage
Gap Up
PFD
Premier Foods
N/AGBX 185.04
-0.7%
GBX 255
+37.8%
+1.1%£1.60B£1.15B1,312.344,000Positive News
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
N/AGBX 220.15
+0.1%
GBX 170
-22.8%
+36.7%£1.27B£2.30B2,317.3718,000Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
HFG
Hilton Food Group
1.9658 of 5 stars
GBX 667.49
+0.4%
GBX 925
+38.6%
-25.9%£600.11M£4.14B1,552.307,000
BD15
Tate & Lyle
N/AN/AN/AN/A£455.63M£1.38B1.694,441Gap Down
PURE
PureCircle
N/AN/AN/AN/A£183.53M£121.14M-2.7810
FIF
Finsbury Food Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£143.42M£413.74M1,375.00206
KYGA
Kerry Group
N/AGBX 78.02
-1.5%
N/A-15.8%£127.05M£6.97B17.7621,000

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This page (LON:GNC) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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