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Greencore Group (GNC) Competitors

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GBX 241 -6.50 (-2.63%)
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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

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

Greencore Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 130, suggesting a potential downside of 46.06%. Cranswick has a consensus price target of GBX 5,370, suggesting a potential upside of 6.13%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cranswick is more favorable than Greencore Group.

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
Cranswick
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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
Greencore Group2.82% 11.62% 4.43%
Cranswick 4.35%12.64%8.26%

In the previous week, Greencore Group and Greencore Group both had 1 articles in the media. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Greencore Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

Greencore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greencore Group pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cranswick pays out 37.5% 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.

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
Greencore Group£1.86B0.57£48.48M£9.9224.29
Cranswick£2.72B0.99£113.74M£2.462,056.07

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

Summary

Cranswick beats Greencore Group on 12 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£1.06B£4.44B£7.47B£2.54B
Dividend Yield0.80%2.59%3.15%5.30%
P/E Ratio24.293,090.141,074.725,140.00
Price / Sales0.573,532.96992,154.8795,247.97
Price / Cash3.13119.32144.7427.93
Price / Book2.5124.579.166.83
Net Income£48.48M£2.63B£999.43M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-5.68%0.47%-0.28%-0.38%
1 Month Performance-4.93%688.85%208.16%45.00%
1 Year Performance28.46%478.72%179.32%163.13%

Greencore Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GNC
Greencore Group
0.5289 of 5 stars
GBX 241
-2.6%
GBX 130
-46.1%
N/A£1.06B£1.86B24.2913,602News Coverage
Dividend Cut
CWK
Cranswick
0.7054 of 5 stars
GBX 5,060
-1.2%
GBX 5,370
+6.1%
+6.2%£2.71B£2.72B2,056.0752,000
TATE
Tate & Lyle
3.1216 of 5 stars
GBX 514.50
-3.2%
GBX 676.67
+31.5%
-21.5%£2.27B£1.74B1,491.303,604News Coverage
PFD
Premier Foods
2.0529 of 5 stars
GBX 185
-1.2%
GBX 255
+37.8%
N/A£1.59B£1.15B1,312.064,000News Coverage
Positive News
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
0.6126 of 5 stars
GBX 228
-2.4%
GBX 170
-25.4%
+49.8%£1.31B£2.29B2,400.0018,000News Coverage
Gap Up
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
HFG
Hilton Food Group
N/AGBX 822
-1.2%
GBX 1,091.67
+32.8%
-15.5%£739.02M£3.99B1,898.387,000
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 77.87
-3.9%
N/A-10.6%£127.34M£6.97B18.3721,000Gap Down

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This page (LON:GNC) was last updated on 9/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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