Tate & Lyle (TATE) Competitors

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

Is GLB or TATE 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
Glanbia	7.89%	6.54%	6.05%
Tate & Lyle	11.41%	15.37%	6.03%

Does the media refer more to GLB or TATE?

In the previous week, Tate & Lyle had 1 more articles in the media than Glanbia. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Tate & Lyle and 2 mentions for Glanbia. Glanbia's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Tate & Lyle's score of 0.40 indicating that Glanbia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Glanbia	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tate & Lyle	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate GLB or TATE?

Tate & Lyle has a consensus price target of GBX 720, suggesting a potential upside of 19.40%. 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
Glanbia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Tate & Lyle	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GLB or TATE?

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
Glanbia	£162.12B	0.02	£12.80B	£0.50	24.62
Tate & Lyle	£1.81B	1.45	£206.63M	£47.95	12.58

Is GLB or TATE a better dividend stock?

Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 298.1%. Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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. Tate & Lyle pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GLB or TATE?

Tate & Lyle received 471 more outperform votes than Glanbia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave Glanbia an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glanbia	Outperform Votes 78 65.00%	Underperform Votes 42 35.00%
Tate & Lyle	Outperform Votes 549 59.93%	Underperform Votes 367 40.07%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GLB or TATE?

26.8% of Glanbia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.6% of Glanbia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, GLB or TATE?

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

Summary

Tate & Lyle beats Glanbia on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.