RE vs. CAM, PAL, DKL, OGN, EVST, AAAP, AGTA, PIL, TOT, and MPE
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), Origin Enterprises (OGN), Everest Global (EVST), Anglo African Agriculture (AAAP), Agriterra (AGTA), Produce Investments (PIL), Total Produce (TOT), and M.P. Evans Group (MPE). These companies are all part of the "farm products" industry.
R.E.A. (LON:RE) and Camellia (LON:CAM) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
In the previous week, Camellia had 7 more articles in the media than R.E.A.. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Camellia and 13 mentions for R.E.A.. Camellia's average media sentiment score of 0.07 beat R.E.A.'s score of 0.06 indicating that Camellia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Camellia has higher revenue and earnings than R.E.A.. 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.
R.E.A. pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Camellia pays an annual dividend of GBX 146 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. R.E.A. pays out -3,076.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Camellia pays out -10,895.5% 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.
R.E.A. has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camellia has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Camellia has a net margin of -1.36% compared to R.E.A.'s net margin of -5.80%. Camellia's return on equity of -0.36% beat R.E.A.'s return on equity.
48.9% of R.E.A. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Camellia shares are held by institutional investors. 71.1% of R.E.A. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 68.9% of Camellia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Camellia received 47 more outperform votes than R.E.A. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Camellia an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave R.E.A. an outperform vote.
Summary
Camellia beats R.E.A. on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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