MPE vs. TOT, AEP, CAM, PAL, RE, DKL, OGN, AAAP, EVST, and AGTA
Should you be buying M.P. Evans Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M.P. Evans Group include Total Produce (TOT), Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP), Camellia (CAM), Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L) (PAL), R.E.A. (RE), Dekel Agri-Vision (DKL), Origin Enterprises (OGN), Anglo African Agriculture (AAAP), Everest Global (EVST), and Agriterra (AGTA). These companies are all part of the "farm products" industry.
M.P. Evans Group vs. Its Competitors
M.P. Evans Group (LON:MPE) and Total Produce (LON:TOT) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
M.P. Evans Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Total Produce pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share. M.P. Evans Group pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Total Produce pays out 0.7% 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.
15.4% of M.P. Evans Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.7% of M.P. Evans Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
M.P. Evans Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Total Produce. Total Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M.P. Evans Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, M.P. Evans Group had 1 more articles in the media than Total Produce. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for M.P. Evans Group and 0 mentions for Total Produce. M.P. Evans Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Total Produce'saverage media sentiment score.
M.P. Evans Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,650, suggesting a potential upside of 22.22%. Given M.P. Evans Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe M.P. Evans Group is more favorable than Total Produce.
M.P. Evans Group has a net margin of 19.60% compared to Total Produce's net margin of 0.00%. M.P. Evans Group's return on equity of 13.59% beat Total Produce's return on equity.
Summary
M.P. Evans Group beats Total Produce on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MPE) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
