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GBX 219 +1.50 (+0.69%)
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GNC vs. GLB, CWK, TATE, PFD, BAKK, DCG, HFG, BD15, ZAM, and PURE

Should you be buying Greencore Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greencore Group include Glanbia (GLB), Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Premier Foods (PFD), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), 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.

Greencore Group vs.

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

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

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
Glanbia7.89% 6.54% 6.05%
Greencore Group 2.82%11.62%4.43%

Greencore Group has a consensus target price of GBX 130, indicating a potential downside of 40.09%. Given Greencore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greencore Group 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
Greencore Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Glanbia£162.12B0.02£12.80B£0.5024.30
Greencore Group£1.72B0.55£48.48M£11.0619.63

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GlanbiaOutperform Votes
78
65.00%
Underperform Votes
42
35.00%
Greencore GroupOutperform Votes
641
72.76%
Underperform Votes
240
27.24%

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

Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 302.0%. Greencore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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. Greencore Group pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

In the previous week, Greencore Group had 1 more articles in the media than Glanbia. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Greencore Group and 0 mentions for Glanbia. Glanbia's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Greencore Group's score of 0.62 indicating that Glanbia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Glanbia Positive
Greencore Group Positive

Summary

Greencore Group beats Glanbia on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GNC vs. The Competition

MetricGreencore GroupPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£944.46M£2.17B£6.95B£2.63B
Dividend Yield0.01%2.63%3.16%5.05%
P/E Ratio19.6312.1812.07129.36
Price / Sales0.5541.8584.32221,585.85
Price / Cash3.13123.14147.7728.03
Price / Book2.263.152.993.79
Net Income£48.48M£2.63B£1.01B£5.88B
7 Day Performance10.15%0.69%1.38%0.30%
1 Month Performance20.86%53.99%19.08%21.30%
1 Year Performance33.95%62.55%63.48%129.43%

Greencore Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNC
Greencore Group
0.5512 of 5 stars
GBX 219
+0.7%
GBX 130
-40.6%
+28.4%£953.16M£1.72B19.8113,602Dividend Cut
GLB
Glanbia
N/AGBX 11.75
+7.8%
N/A-31.4%£2.99B£162.12B23.315,534Positive News
Gap Up
CWK
Cranswick
1.2041 of 5 stars
GBX 4,973.34
-0.1%
GBX 5,185
+4.3%
+21.7%£2.68B£2.61B23.6752,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TATE
Tate & Lyle
3.0385 of 5 stars
GBX 574.50
+0.1%
GBX 720
+25.3%
-14.3%£2.50B£1.81B11.983,604News Coverage
Earnings Report
Insider Trade
PFD
Premier Foods
2.3107 of 5 stars
GBX 199
+0.6%
GBX 240
+20.6%
+22.8%£1.71B£1.14B15.244,000Insider Trade
Gap Up
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
1.7372 of 5 stars
GBX 187
+1.6%
GBX 165
-11.8%
+54.2%£1.09B£2.26B17.0318,000
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
HFG
Hilton Food Group
1.8309 of 5 stars
GBX 873.44
+0.7%
GBX 1,091.67
+25.0%
-4.4%£781.90M£3.80B16.817,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BD15
Tate & Lyle
N/AN/AN/AN/A£455.63M£1.38B1.694,441Gap Down
ZAM
Zambeef Products
N/AGBX 3.96
-3.5%
N/A-25.2%£422.23M£179.19B3.827,000News Coverage
Gap Up
PURE
PureCircle
N/AN/AN/AN/A£183.53M£121.14M-2.7810

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This page (LON:GNC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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