BME vs. ABF, IMB, CCH, BNZL, SBRY, OCDO, TATE, BVIC, CWK, and PFD
Should you be buying B&M European Value Retail stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B&M European Value Retail include Associated British Foods (ABF), Imperial Brands (IMB), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Bunzl (BNZL), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Ocado Group (OCDO), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Britvic (BVIC), Cranswick (CWK), and Premier Foods (PFD). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) and B&M European Value Retail (LON:BME) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Associated British Foods had 5 more articles in the media than B&M European Value Retail. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Associated British Foods and 1 mentions for B&M European Value Retail. Associated British Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat B&M European Value Retail's score of 0.99 indicating that B&M European Value Retail is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Associated British Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. B&M European Value Retail pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Associated British Foods pays out 3,483.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. B&M European Value Retail pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
B&M European Value Retail has a net margin of 6.80% compared to B&M European Value Retail's net margin of 5.92%. Associated British Foods' return on equity of 43.42% beat B&M European Value Retail's return on equity.
Associated British Foods presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,125, suggesting a potential downside of 16.67%. B&M European Value Retail has a consensus target price of GBX 588.29, suggesting a potential upside of 8.02%. Given Associated British Foods' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe B&M European Value Retail is more favorable than Associated British Foods.
Associated British Foods has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&M European Value Retail has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
18.6% of Associated British Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of B&M European Value Retail shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.7% of Associated British Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of B&M European Value Retail shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Associated British Foods received 288 more outperform votes than B&M European Value Retail when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.28% of users gave B&M European Value Retail an outperform vote while only 72.97% of users gave Associated British Foods an outperform vote.
Associated British Foods has higher revenue and earnings than B&M European Value Retail. B&M European Value Retail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated British Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Associated British Foods and B&M European Value Retail tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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