Bakkavor Group (BAKK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CWK or BAKK?

Cranswick received 269 more outperform votes than Bakkavor Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.59% of users gave Bakkavor Group an outperform vote while only 63.72% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.72%	Underperform Votes 230 36.28%
Bakkavor Group	Outperform Votes 135 64.59%	Underperform Votes 74 35.41%

Is CWK or BAKK more profitable?

Cranswick has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Bakkavor Group's net margin of 2.86%. Cranswick's return on equity of 12.64% beat Bakkavor Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cranswick	4.35%	12.64%	8.26%
Bakkavor Group	2.86%	10.43%	4.54%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CWK or BAKK?

Cranswick has higher revenue and earnings than Bakkavor Group. Bakkavor Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, 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
Cranswick	£2.61B	1.02	£113.74M	£210.14	23.46
Bakkavor Group	£2.26B	0.38	£64.74M	£10.98	13.34

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CWK or BAKK?

84.6% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.0% of Bakkavor Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 50.3% of Bakkavor Group 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 favor CWK or BAKK?

In the previous week, Bakkavor Group had 1 more articles in the media than Cranswick. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bakkavor Group and 0 mentions for Cranswick. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Bakkavor Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cranswick	Positive
Bakkavor Group	Neutral

Is CWK or BAKK a better dividend stock?

Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Bakkavor Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Cranswick pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bakkavor Group pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts rate CWK or BAKK?

Cranswick presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,420.67, indicating a potential downside of 30.62%. Bakkavor Group has a consensus target price of GBX 162.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.92%. Given Bakkavor Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bakkavor Group is more favorable than Cranswick.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Bakkavor Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, CWK or BAKK?

Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bakkavor Group has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cranswick beats Bakkavor Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.