Bakkavor Group (BAKK) Competitors

Glanbia (LON:GLB) and Bakkavor Group (LON:BAKK) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GLB or BAKK?

26.8% of Glanbia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Bakkavor Group shares are held by institutional investors. 30.6% of Glanbia shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.3% of Bakkavor Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GLB or BAKK?

Glanbia has higher revenue and earnings than Bakkavor Group. Bakkavor Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glanbia, 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
Glanbia	£162.12B	0.02	£12.80B	£0.50	22.58
Bakkavor Group	£2.26B	0.44	£64.74M	£10.98	15.39

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GLB or BAKK?

Bakkavor Group received 58 more outperform votes than Glanbia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave Glanbia an outperform vote while only 64.76% of users gave Bakkavor Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glanbia	Outperform Votes 78 65.00%	Underperform Votes 42 35.00%
Bakkavor Group	Outperform Votes 136 64.76%	Underperform Votes 74 35.24%

Does the media favor GLB or BAKK?

In the previous week, Glanbia had 1 more articles in the media than Bakkavor Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Glanbia and 0 mentions for Bakkavor Group. Glanbia's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Bakkavor Group's score of -0.03 indicating that Glanbia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Glanbia	Positive
Bakkavor Group	Neutral

Is GLB or BAKK a better dividend stock?

Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 325.1%. Bakkavor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Glanbia pays out 7,340.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bakkavor Group pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is GLB or BAKK more profitable?

Glanbia has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Bakkavor Group's net margin of 2.86%. Bakkavor Group's return on equity of 10.43% beat Glanbia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glanbia	7.89%	6.54%	6.05%
Bakkavor Group	2.86%	10.43%	4.54%

Do analysts prefer GLB or BAKK?

Bakkavor Group has a consensus price target of GBX 165, suggesting a potential downside of 2.37%. Given Bakkavor Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bakkavor Group is more favorable than Glanbia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glanbia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Bakkavor Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, GLB or BAKK?

Glanbia has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bakkavor Group has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bakkavor Group beats Glanbia on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.