Greencore Group (GNC) Competitors

Greencore Group (LON:GNC) and Glanbia (LON:GLB) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Is GNC or GLB more profitable?

Glanbia has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Greencore Group's net margin of 2.82%. Greencore Group's return on equity of 11.62% beat Glanbia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greencore Group	2.82%	11.62%	4.43%
Glanbia	7.89%	6.54%	6.05%

Do analysts prefer GNC or GLB?

Greencore Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 130, suggesting a potential downside of 44.41%. Given Greencore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Greencore Group is more favorable than Glanbia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greencore Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Glanbia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GNC or GLB?

Glanbia has higher revenue and earnings than Greencore Group. Greencore Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glanbia, 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
Greencore Group	£1.72B	0.59	£48.48M	£11.06	21.15
Glanbia	£162.12B	0.02	£12.80B	£0.50	25.23

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GNC or GLB?

49.6% of Greencore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Glanbia shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Greencore Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Glanbia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GNC or GLB?

Greencore Group received 563 more outperform votes than Glanbia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.76% of users gave Greencore Group an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave Glanbia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greencore Group	Outperform Votes 641 72.76%	Underperform Votes 240 27.24%
Glanbia	Outperform Votes 78 65.00%	Underperform Votes 42 35.00%

Is GNC or GLB a better dividend stock?

Greencore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 290.9%. Greencore Group pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, GNC or GLB?

Greencore Group has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glanbia has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GNC or GLB?

In the previous week, Greencore Group had 2 more articles in the media than Glanbia. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greencore Group and 0 mentions for Glanbia. Greencore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Glanbia's score of 0.00 indicating that Greencore Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Greencore Group	Neutral
Glanbia	Neutral

Summary

Greencore Group beats Glanbia on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.