C&C Group (CCR) Competitors

Premier Foods (LON:PFD) and C&C Group (LON:CCR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Is PFD or CCR more profitable?

Premier Foods has a net margin of 9.89% compared to C&C Group's net margin of -6.87%. Premier Foods' return on equity of 8.23% beat C&C Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Premier Foods	9.89%	8.23%	4.78%
C&C Group	-6.87%	-17.34%	2.08%

Do analysts prefer PFD or CCR?

Premier Foods presently has a consensus price target of GBX 210, suggesting a potential upside of 10.29%. C&C Group has a consensus price target of GBX 185, suggesting a potential upside of 24.66%. Given C&C Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe C&C Group is more favorable than Premier Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Premier Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
C&C Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PFD or CCR?

48.7% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of C&C Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Premier Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of C&C Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, PFD or CCR?

Premier Foods has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C&C Group has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PFD or CCR?

In the previous week, C&C Group had 8 more articles in the media than Premier Foods. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for C&C Group and 0 mentions for Premier Foods. C&C Group's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Premier Foods' score of 0.75 indicating that C&C Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Premier Foods	Positive
C&C Group	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PFD or CCR?

Premier Foods received 276 more outperform votes than C&C Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.27% of users gave C&C Group an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave Premier Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Premier Foods	Outperform Votes 405 68.18%	Underperform Votes 189 31.82%
C&C Group	Outperform Votes 129 71.27%	Underperform Votes 52 28.73%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PFD or CCR?

Premier Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than C&C Group. C&C Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier Foods, 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
Premier Foods	£1.14B	1.44	£112.50M	£0.13	1,464.62
C&C Group	£1.65B	0.34	-£113.50M	-£0.24	-618.33

Is PFD or CCR a better dividend stock?

Premier Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. C&C Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Premier Foods pays out 1,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. C&C Group pays out -2,083.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. C&C Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

C&C Group beats Premier Foods on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.