TATE vs. CWK, PFD, HFG, BAKK, GRG, BVIC, OCDO, FEVR, BME, and SBRY
Should you be buying Tate & Lyle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tate & Lyle include Cranswick (CWK), Premier Foods (PFD), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greggs (GRG), Britvic (BVIC), Ocado Group (OCDO), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), B&M European Value Retail (BME), and J Sainsbury (SBRY). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) and Cranswick (LON:CWK) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Tate & Lyle has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Tate & Lyle and Tate & Lyle both had 2 articles in the media. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Tate & Lyle's score of 0.25 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 82 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Tate & Lyle pays out 4,418.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cranswick pays out 3,489.4% 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 has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tate & Lyle currently has a consensus price target of GBX 858.33, suggesting a potential upside of 36.03%. Cranswick has a consensus price target of GBX 4,405.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.71%. Given Tate & Lyle's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Cranswick.
Tate & Lyle received 146 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.85% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote while only 59.98% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.
74.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Cranswick shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cranswick shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 9.72% compared to Cranswick's net margin of 5.14%. Cranswick's return on equity of 15.14% beat Tate & Lyle's return on equity.
Summary
Cranswick beats Tate & Lyle on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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