Tate & Lyle (TATE) Competitors

Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) and Glanbia (LON:GLB) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is TATE or GLB more profitable?

Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 11.41% compared to Glanbia's net margin of 7.89%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 15.37% beat Glanbia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tate & Lyle	11.41%	15.37%	6.03%
Glanbia	7.89%	6.54%	6.05%

Do analysts recommend TATE or GLB?

Tate & Lyle currently has a consensus price target of GBX 676.67, indicating a potential upside of 28.28%. Given Tate & Lyle's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Glanbia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tate & Lyle	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Glanbia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TATE or GLB?

76.4% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Glanbia shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Glanbia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TATE or GLB?

Glanbia has higher revenue and earnings than Tate & Lyle. Tate & Lyle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glanbia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tate & Lyle	£1.81B	1.27	£206.63M	£47.95	11.00
Glanbia	£162.12B	0.02	£12.80B	£0.50	28.25

Does the media favor TATE or GLB?

In the previous week, Glanbia had 1 more articles in the media than Tate & Lyle. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Glanbia and 1 mentions for Tate & Lyle. Tate & Lyle's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Glanbia's score of 0.25 indicating that Tate & Lyle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tate & Lyle	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Glanbia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is TATE or GLB a better dividend stock?

Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 259.8%. Tate & Lyle pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Glanbia pays out 7,340.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, TATE or GLB?

Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glanbia has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tate & Lyle beats Glanbia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.