CCR vs. PFD, DCG, GNC, HFG, BAKK, FEVR, TOT, BAG, HOTC, and MPE
Should you be buying C&C Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C&C Group include Premier Foods (PFD), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Greencore Group (GNC), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Total Produce (TOT), A.G. BARR (BAG), Hotel Chocolat Group (HOTC), and M.P. Evans Group (MPE). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
C&C Group vs.
Premier Foods (LON:PFD) and C&C Group (LON:CCR) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
48.7% of Premier Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of C&C Group shares are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Premier Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of C&C Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Premier Foods currently has a consensus target price of GBX 210, indicating a potential upside of 13.15%. C&C Group has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 26.19%. Given C&C Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe C&C Group is more favorable than Premier Foods.
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.
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.
In the previous week, C&C Group had 4 more articles in the media than Premier Foods. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for C&C Group and 0 mentions for Premier Foods. C&C Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Premier Foods' score of 0.00 indicating that C&C Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Premier Foods has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C&C Group has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
C&C Group beats Premier Foods on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CCR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
