HFG vs. BAKK, BD15, DCG, GNC, PFD, PURE, CWK, PZC, TOT, and CCR
Should you be buying Hilton Food Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Food Group include Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Tate & Lyle (BD15), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Greencore Group (GNC), Premier Foods (PFD), PureCircle (PURE), Cranswick (CWK), PZ Cussons (PZC), Total Produce (TOT), and C&C Group (CCR). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Bakkavor Group (LON:BAKK) and Hilton Food Group (LON:HFG) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Bakkavor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Hilton Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Bakkavor Group pays out 35,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hilton Food Group pays out 26,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bakkavor Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hilton Food Group. Bakkavor Group 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.
22.5% of Bakkavor Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.8% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 72.0% of Bakkavor Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bakkavor Group has a net margin of 0.55% compared to Bakkavor Group's net margin of 0.28%. Bakkavor Group's return on equity of 4.20% beat Hilton Food Group's return on equity.
Hilton Food Group received 302 more outperform votes than Bakkavor Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.02% of users gave Hilton Food Group an outperform vote while only 65.05% of users gave Bakkavor Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Hilton Food Group had 2 more articles in the media than Bakkavor Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Hilton Food Group and 0 mentions for Bakkavor Group. Bakkavor Group's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Hilton Food Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Hilton Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bakkavor Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 112.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.68%. Hilton Food Group has a consensus target price of GBX 840, suggesting a potential upside of 20.17%. Given Bakkavor Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hilton Food Group is more favorable than Bakkavor Group.
Bakkavor Group has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Food Group has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Hilton Food Group beats Bakkavor Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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