TATE vs. CWK, PFD, BAKK, GNC, DCG, HFG, BD15, PURE, FIF, and KYGA
Should you be buying Tate & Lyle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tate & Lyle include Cranswick (CWK), Premier Foods (PFD), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greencore Group (GNC), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Tate & Lyle (BD15), PureCircle (PURE), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), and Kerry Group (KYGA). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Tate & Lyle vs. Its Competitors
Cranswick (LON:CWK) and Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
71.2% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.5% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 11.41% compared to Cranswick's net margin of 4.35%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 15.37% beat Cranswick's return on equity.
Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cranswick pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tate & Lyle pays out 55.9% 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.
Tate & Lyle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cranswick. Tate & Lyle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% 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.
Cranswick presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,370, indicating a potential upside of 8.16%. Tate & Lyle has a consensus price target of GBX 676.67, indicating a potential upside of 52.68%. Given Tate & Lyle's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Cranswick.
In the previous week, Cranswick and Cranswick both had 5 articles in the media. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Tate & Lyle's score of -0.19 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tate & Lyle beats Cranswick on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:TATE) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
