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LON:HFG

Hilton Food Group (HFG) Competitors

GBX 699
-18.00 (-2.51%)
(As of 10/2/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
696
750
50-Day Range
640
791
52-Week Range
495.42
799
Volume
73,093 shs
Average Volume
171,019 shs
Market Capitalization
£626.30 million
P/E Ratio
5,825.00
Dividend Yield
4.58%
Price Target
GBX 840

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.

Hilton Food Group vs.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bakkavor Group£2.22B0.25£12.10M£0.024,780.00
Hilton Food Group£3.95B0.16£11.02M£0.125,825.00

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bakkavor Group0.55% 1.91% 3.34%
Hilton Food Group 0.28%4.20%3.48%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Bakkavor GroupOutperform Votes
134
65.05%
Underperform Votes
72
34.95%
Hilton Food GroupOutperform Votes
436
74.02%
Underperform Votes
153
25.98%

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Bakkavor Group Neutral
Hilton Food Group Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bakkavor Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Hilton Food Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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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HFG vs. The Competition

MetricHilton Food GroupPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£626.30M£1.78B£5.34B£1.44B
Dividend Yield4.41%2.60%2.87%8.40%
P/E Ratio5,825.00275.57282.931,540.41
Price / Sales0.1637.50239.3545,392.56
Price / Cash4.79105.53118.8232.31
Price / Book2.262.713.672.62
Net Income£11.02M£160.08M£430.03M£205.82M
7 Day Performance-7.66%-0.91%-1.09%4.12%
1 Month Performance2.64%-4.91%-4.26%0.52%
1 Year Performance27.79%1.94%4.70%8.33%

Hilton Food Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
1.7674 of 5 stars
GBX 94
-1.1%
GBX 112.50
+19.7%
+6.2%£544.66M£2.22B4,700.0018,500
BD15
Tate & Lyle
0 of 5 stars
GBX 99
-7.5%
N/AN/A£455.63M£1.38B1.694,441Gap Down
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 620.50
flat
N/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
GNC
Greencore Group
1.2257 of 5 stars
GBX 74.05
-0.1%
GBX 70
-5.5%
+3.9%£358.00M£1.89B1,481.0014,000
PFD
Premier Foods
1.9549 of 5 stars
GBX 120.20
+0.3%
GBX 175
+45.6%
+23.5%£1.04B£1.01B1,202.004,000
PURE
PureCircle
0 of 5 stars
GBX 99.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£183.53M£121.14M-2.781,135
CWK
Cranswick
1.3611 of 5 stars
GBX 3,610
-0.4%
GBX 4,140
+14.7%
+30.7%£1.95B£2.32B1,735.5810,422
PZC
PZ Cussons
2.3266 of 5 stars
GBX 151.80
-5.1%
GBX 242.33
+59.6%
-28.3%£650.80M£646M1,084.292,761Dividend Increase
TOT
Total Produce
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974
CCR
C&C Group
2.059 of 5 stars
GBX 141.80
-0.8%
GBX 200
+41.0%
-8.4%£557.25M£1.69B1,289.092,897High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:HFG) was last updated on 10/3/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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