HFG vs. TATE, PFD, BAKK, GNC, DCG, BD15, PURE, FIF, KYGA, and SIS
Should you be buying Hilton Food Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Food Group include Tate & Lyle (TATE), Premier Foods (PFD), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greencore Group (GNC), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Tate & Lyle (BD15), PureCircle (PURE), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), Kerry Group (KYGA), and Science in Sport (SIS). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Hilton Food Group vs. Its Competitors
Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) and Hilton Food Group (LON:HFG) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Tate & Lyle presently has a consensus price target of GBX 483.33, indicating a potential upside of 24.25%. Hilton Food Group has a consensus price target of GBX 920, indicating a potential upside of 35.10%. Given Hilton Food Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hilton Food Group is more favorable than Tate & Lyle.
Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 11.41% compared to Hilton Food Group's net margin of 1.22%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 15.37% beat Hilton Food Group's return on equity.
Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Food Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tate & Lyle had 1 more articles in the media than Hilton Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tate & Lyle and 1 mentions for Hilton Food Group. Tate & Lyle's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Hilton Food Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Tate & Lyle is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Hilton Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 34.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Tate & Lyle pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hilton Food Group pays out 80.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
61.5% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.6% of Hilton Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Hilton Food Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tate & Lyle has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hilton Food Group. Tate & Lyle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Food Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tate & Lyle beats Hilton Food Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Hilton Food Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for HFG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HFG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Hilton Food Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:HFG) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
