RE vs. CAM, PAL, DKL, AAAP, EVST, AGTA, PIL, MPE, TOT, and AEP
Should you be buying R.E.A. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of R.E.A. include Camellia (CAM), Equatorial Palm Oil plc (PAL.L) (PAL), Dekel Agri-Vision (DKL), Anglo African Agriculture (AAAP), Everest Global (EVST), Agriterra (AGTA), Produce Investments (PIL), M.P. Evans Group (MPE), Total Produce (TOT), and Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP). These companies are all part of the "farm products" industry.
R.E.A. vs. Its Competitors
R.E.A. (LON:RE) and Camellia (LON:CAM) 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 risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
R.E.A. has a net margin of 1.05% compared to Camellia's net margin of -7.61%. R.E.A.'s return on equity of 0.91% beat Camellia's return on equity.
R.E.A. pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Camellia pays an annual dividend of GBX 2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. R.E.A. pays out 133.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Camellia pays out -227.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Camellia had 2 more articles in the media than R.E.A.. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Camellia and 1 mentions for R.E.A.. R.E.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Camellia's score of 0.50 indicating that R.E.A. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
R.E.A. has higher revenue and earnings than Camellia. Camellia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than R.E.A., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
43.4% of R.E.A. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of Camellia shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.4% of R.E.A. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Camellia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
R.E.A. has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camellia has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
R.E.A. beats Camellia on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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This page (LON:RE) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
