GNC vs. TATE, CWK, PFD, DCG, BAKK, HFG, BD15, PURE, KYGA, and FIF
Should you be buying Greencore Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greencore Group include Tate & Lyle (TATE), Cranswick (CWK), Premier Foods (PFD), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Tate & Lyle (BD15), PureCircle (PURE), Kerry Group (KYGA), and Finsbury Food Group (FIF). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Greencore Group (LON:GNC) and Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Greencore Group received 93 more outperform votes than Tate & Lyle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.09% of users gave Greencore Group an outperform vote while only 60.02% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.
Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 11.42% compared to Greencore Group's net margin of 2.82%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 14.74% beat Greencore Group's return on equity.
Greencore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Greencore Group pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tate & Lyle pays out 4,318.2% 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 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 130, indicating a potential downside of 29.81%. Tate & Lyle has a consensus target price of GBX 825, indicating a potential upside of 22.13%. Given Tate & Lyle's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Greencore Group.
In the previous week, Greencore Group and Greencore Group both had 2 articles in the media. Greencore Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Tate & Lyle's score of 0.08 indicating that Greencore Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tate & Lyle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Greencore Group. Tate & Lyle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greencore Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
49.0% of Greencore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.6% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Greencore Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Greencore Group has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tate & Lyle beats Greencore Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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