CCR vs. BVIC, CWK, PFD, FEVR, DCG, HFG, BAKK, GNC, BAG, and TOT
Should you be buying C&C Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C&C Group include Britvic (BVIC), Cranswick (CWK), Premier Foods (PFD), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greencore Group (GNC), A.G. BARR (BAG), and Total Produce (TOT). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
C&C Group (LON:CCR) and Britvic (LON:BVIC) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Britvic received 529 more outperform votes than C&C Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.45% of users gave C&C Group an outperform vote while only 69.39% of users gave Britvic an outperform vote.
Britvic has a net margin of 7.06% compared to C&C Group's net margin of 1.64%. Britvic's return on equity of 36.42% beat C&C Group's return on equity.
C&C Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Britvic has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Britvic has a consensus target price of GBX 970, suggesting a potential upside of 0.47%. Given Britvic's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Britvic is more favorable than C&C Group.
C&C Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Britvic pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. C&C Group pays out 8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Britvic pays out 6,274.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Britvic is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Britvic has higher revenue and earnings than C&C Group. Britvic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than C&C Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Britvic had 1 more articles in the media than C&C Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Britvic and 1 mentions for C&C Group. C&C Group's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Britvic's score of 0.30 indicating that C&C Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
76.6% of C&C Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of Britvic shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of C&C Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Britvic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Britvic beats C&C Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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