Associated British Foods (ABF) Competitors

Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) and Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TATE or ABF?

Associated British Foods received 614 more outperform votes than Tate & Lyle when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.94% of users gave Associated British Foods an outperform vote while only 60.02% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tate & Lyle	Outperform Votes 548 60.02%	Underperform Votes 365 39.98%
Associated British Foods	Outperform Votes 1162 72.94%	Underperform Votes 431 27.06%

Is TATE or ABF a better dividend stock?

Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Associated British Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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. 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.

Do analysts rate TATE or ABF?

Tate & Lyle currently has a consensus target price of GBX 825, suggesting a potential upside of 11.26%. Associated British Foods has a consensus target price of GBX 2,220, suggesting a potential upside of 1.56%. Given Tate & Lyle's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Associated British Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tate & Lyle	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Associated British Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, TATE or ABF?

Associated British Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Tate & Lyle. Associated British Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tate & Lyle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tate & Lyle	£1.65B	1.70	£179M	£0.44	1,685.23
Associated British Foods	£19.92B	0.81	£1.18B	£1.55	1,410.32

Is TATE or ABF more profitable?

Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 11.42% compared to Associated British Foods' net margin of 5.92%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 14.74% beat Associated British Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tate & Lyle	11.42%	14.74%	6.03%
Associated British Foods	5.92%	10.69%	5.51%

Which has more volatility & risk, TATE or ABF?

Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated British Foods has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TATE or ABF?

76.4% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Associated British Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 58.1% of Associated British Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer TATE or ABF?

In the previous week, Associated British Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Tate & Lyle. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Associated British Foods and 0 mentions for Tate & Lyle. Tate & Lyle's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Associated British Foods' score of 0.27 indicating that Tate & Lyle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tate & Lyle	Neutral
Associated British Foods	Neutral

Summary

Tate & Lyle beats Associated British Foods on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.