PFD vs. HFG, BAKK, GNC, CWK, TATE, FEVR, CCR, BAG, BVIC, and MPE
Should you be buying Premier Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier Foods include Hilton Food Group (HFG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greencore Group (GNC), Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), C&C Group (CCR), A.G. BARR (BAG), Britvic (BVIC), and M.P. Evans Group (MPE). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Hilton Food Group (LON:HFG) and Premier Foods (LON:PFD) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Hilton Food Group received 32 more outperform votes than Premier Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.65% of users gave Hilton Food Group an outperform vote while only 68.36% of users gave Premier Foods an outperform vote.
59.6% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.3% of Premier Foods 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.
Hilton Food Group has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premier Foods has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Premier Foods has a net margin of 9.09% compared to Premier Foods' net margin of 0.91%. Premier Foods' return on equity of 12.12% beat Hilton Food Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Hilton Food Group and Hilton Food Group both had 2 articles in the media. Hilton Food Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Premier Foods' score of 0.10 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hilton Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Premier Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Hilton Food Group pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Premier Foods pays out 909.1% 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 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 865, suggesting a potential downside of 5.67%. Premier Foods has a consensus target price of GBX 175, suggesting a potential upside of 12.04%. Given Hilton Food Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Premier Foods is more favorable than Hilton Food Group.
Premier Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hilton Food Group. Premier Foods 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
Hilton Food Group and Premier Foods tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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