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GBX 185.60 +0.60 (+0.32%)
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GNC vs. CWK, GLB, TATE, PFD, BAKK, DCG, HFG, ZAM, BD15, and PURE

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

Greencore Group vs.

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

Greencore Group received 237 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.76% of users gave Greencore Group an outperform vote while only 63.52% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CranswickOutperform Votes
404
63.52%
Underperform Votes
232
36.48%
Greencore GroupOutperform Votes
641
72.76%
Underperform Votes
240
27.24%

Cranswick currently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,185, indicating a potential downside of 1.24%. Greencore Group has a consensus target price of GBX 130, indicating a potential downside of 29.96%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Greencore Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

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£2.61B1.08£113.74M£210.1424.98
Greencore Group£1.72B0.47£48.48M£11.0616.79

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

In the previous week, Cranswick and Cranswick both had 1 articles in the media. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Greencore Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cranswick
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Greencore Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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%

84.6% of Cranswick shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.6% of Greencore Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Cranswick shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Greencore Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Greencore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Cranswick pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greencore Group pays out 54.3% 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.

Summary

Cranswick beats Greencore Group on 15 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£807.80M£2.05B£6.86B£2.59B
Dividend Yield0.01%2.65%3.16%4.97%
P/E Ratio16.7912.2611.60133.69
Price / Sales0.4744.7181.51239,757.83
Price / Cash3.13119.32146.2628.12
Price / Book1.932.962.874.55
Net Income£48.48M£2.63B£1.01B£5.84B
7 Day Performance3.46%-0.02%0.34%3.43%
1 Month Performance3.00%1.25%1.42%10.60%
1 Year Performance39.76%4.79%46.29%117.07%

Greencore Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNC
Greencore Group
0.2969 of 5 stars
GBX 185.60
+0.3%
GBX 130
-30.0%
+40.2%£807.80M£1.72B16.7913,602Dividend Cut
CWK
Cranswick
1.0214 of 5 stars
GBX 5,000
-1.4%
GBX 2,700
-46.0%
+19.6%£2.70B£2.61B23.7952,000
GLB
Glanbia
N/AGBX 10.06
+0.6%
N/A-37.5%£2.56B£162.12B19.965,534Gap Up
TATE
Tate & Lyle
2.6497 of 5 stars
GBX 549
+1.5%
GBX 720
+31.1%
-14.5%£2.39B£1.81B11.453,604
PFD
Premier Foods
2.1438 of 5 stars
GBX 194.80
-0.4%
GBX 225
+15.5%
+24.6%£1.68B£1.14B14.924,000News Coverage
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
1.9983 of 5 stars
GBX 177.49
-0.5%
GBX 165
-7.0%
+47.1%£1.04B£2.26B16.1618,000
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
HFG
Hilton Food Group
2.7647 of 5 stars
GBX 893.90
+1.1%
GBX 1,091.67
+22.1%
-4.1%£800.21M£3.80B17.217,000Positive News
ZAM
Zambeef Products
N/AGBX 4.70
+5.4%
N/A-29.4%£501.76M£179.19B4.547,000Positive News
Gap Up
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

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