TATE vs. CWK, PFD, DCG, BAKK, HFG, GNC, 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), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Greencore Group (GNC), Tate & Lyle (BD15), PureCircle (PURE), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), and Kerry Group (KYGA). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Cranswick (LON:CWK) and Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
Cranswick has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tate & Lyle received 146 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.81% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote while only 60.02% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.
Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Cranswick 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. Tate & Lyle pays out 4,318.2% 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 net margin of 9.72% compared to Tate & Lyle's net margin of 4.35%. Cranswick's return on equity of 14.23% beat Tate & Lyle's return on equity.
77.3% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.3% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tate & Lyle had 1 more articles in the media than Cranswick. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tate & Lyle and 1 mentions for Cranswick. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Tate & Lyle's score of 0.00 indicating that Tate & Lyle is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,737.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.04%. Tate & Lyle has a consensus price target of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 22.13%. Given Cranswick's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Cranswick.
Summary
Tate & Lyle beats Cranswick on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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