HFG vs. TATE, CWK, PFD, DCG, GNC, BAKK, BD15, PURE, FIF, and KYGA
Should you be buying Hilton Food Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Food Group include Tate & Lyle (TATE), Cranswick (CWK), Premier Foods (PFD), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Greencore Group (GNC), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), 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 (LON:TATE) and Hilton Food Group (LON:HFG) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Tate & Lyle received 112 more outperform votes than Hilton Food Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.52% of users gave Hilton Food Group an outperform vote while only 60.02% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.
81.3% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.0% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 9.72% compared to Tate & Lyle's net margin of 0.91%. Hilton Food Group's return on equity of 14.23% beat Tate & Lyle's return on equity.
Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Food Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tate & Lyle has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hilton Food Group. Tate & Lyle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Food Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Hilton Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Hilton Food Group pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Hilton Food Group had 2 more articles in the media than Tate & Lyle. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hilton Food Group and 3 mentions for Tate & Lyle. Tate & Lyle's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Hilton Food Group's score of 0.15 indicating that Hilton Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tate & Lyle presently has a consensus price target of GBX 825, indicating a potential upside of 19.22%. Hilton Food Group has a consensus price target of GBX 700, indicating a potential downside of 21.70%. Given Hilton Food Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Hilton Food Group.
Summary
Tate & Lyle beats Hilton Food Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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