BAG vs. FEVR, NICL, CCEP, CCH, BVIC, OCDO, CWK, TATE, PFD, and DCG
Should you be buying A.G. BARR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of A.G. BARR include Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Nichols (NICL), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Britvic (BVIC), Ocado Group (OCDO), Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Premier Foods (PFD), and Dairy Crest Group (DCG). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
A.G. BARR vs.
Fevertree Drinks (LON:FEVR) and A.G. BARR (LON:BAG) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
A.G. BARR has a net margin of 8.81% compared to Fevertree Drinks' net margin of 6.05%. A.G. BARR's return on equity of 12.27% beat Fevertree Drinks' return on equity.
Fevertree Drinks presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,543.75, suggesting a potential upside of 116.51%. A.G. BARR has a consensus target price of GBX 603.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.51%. Given Fevertree Drinks' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fevertree Drinks is more favorable than A.G. BARR.
Fevertree Drinks pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. A.G. BARR pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Fevertree Drinks pays out 90.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A.G. BARR pays out 49.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. A.G. BARR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
68.0% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of A.G. BARR shares are held by institutional investors. 10.6% of Fevertree Drinks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.1% of A.G. BARR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Fevertree Drinks has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A.G. BARR has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fevertree Drinks had 1 more articles in the media than A.G. BARR. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fevertree Drinks and 1 mentions for A.G. BARR. A.G. BARR's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Fevertree Drinks' score of 0.42 indicating that A.G. BARR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
A.G. BARR has higher revenue and earnings than Fevertree Drinks. A.G. BARR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fevertree Drinks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fevertree Drinks received 95 more outperform votes than A.G. BARR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.25% of users gave Fevertree Drinks an outperform vote while only 48.57% of users gave A.G. BARR an outperform vote.
Summary
A.G. BARR beats Fevertree Drinks on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BAG) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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