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C&C Group (CCR) Competitors

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GBX 127.60 +1.80 (+1.43%)
As of 11:50 AM Eastern

CCR vs. TATE, PFD, BAKK, DCG, FEVR, GNC, HFG, BAG, MPE, and TOT

Should you be buying C&C Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of C&C Group include Tate & Lyle (TATE), Premier Foods (PFD), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Greencore Group (GNC), Hilton Food Group (HFG), A.G. BARR (BAG), M.P. Evans Group (MPE), and Total Produce (TOT). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

C&C Group vs.

Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) and C&C Group (LON:CCR) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

76.4% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of C&C Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Tate & Lyle 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Tate & Lyle currently has a consensus price target of GBX 720, indicating a potential upside of 33.31%. C&C Group has a consensus price target of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 44.98%. Given C&C Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe C&C Group is more favorable than Tate & Lyle.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tate & Lyle
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
C&C Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Tate & Lyle received 419 more outperform votes than C&C Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave C&C Group an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Tate & LyleOutperform Votes
549
59.93%
Underperform Votes
367
40.07%
C&C GroupOutperform Votes
130
71.43%
Underperform Votes
52
28.57%

Tate & Lyle has higher earnings, but lower revenue than C&C Group. C&C Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tate & Lyle, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tate & Lyle£1.81B1.30£206.63M£47.9511.26
C&C Group£1.90B0.30-£130.80M-£23.90-5.34

Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 11.41% compared to C&C Group's net margin of -6.87%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 15.37% beat C&C Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tate & Lyle11.41% 15.37% 6.03%
C&C Group -6.87%-17.07%2.08%

In the previous week, Tate & Lyle had 4 more articles in the media than C&C Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Tate & Lyle and 1 mentions for C&C Group. Tate & Lyle's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat C&C Group's score of -0.19 indicating that Tate & Lyle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tate & Lyle
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
C&C Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. C&C Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Tate & Lyle pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. C&C Group pays out -20.9% 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. C&C Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C&C Group has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tate & Lyle and C&C Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CCR vs. The Competition

MetricC&C GroupBeverages IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£578.81M£302.85M£6.81B£2.47B
Dividend Yield3.34%3.09%3.16%4.95%
P/E Ratio-5.345.9010.86129.48
Price / Sales0.3015.2875.12231,299.35
Price / Cash5.288.63147.7727.98
Price / Book0.860.622.864.44
Net Income-£130.80M-£76.11M£1.01B£5.80B
7 Day Performance5.77%2.64%2.93%3.14%
1 Month Performance3.74%-0.61%1.27%3.82%
1 Year Performance-19.44%-9.05%48.20%102.57%

C&C Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCR
C&C Group
2.6258 of 5 stars
GBX 127.60
+1.4%
GBX 185
+45.0%
-20.9%£578.81M£1.90B-5.342,897News Coverage
TATE
Tate & Lyle
2.6913 of 5 stars
GBX 493.60
+2.5%
GBX 737.50
+49.4%
-13.5%£2.15B£1.81B10.293,604News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PFD
Premier Foods
2.248 of 5 stars
GBX 182.20
+1.8%
GBX 225
+23.5%
+34.5%£1.57B£1.14B13.964,000News Coverage
Gap Down
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
1.5337 of 5 stars
GBX 180.80
+4.1%
GBX 165
-8.7%
+54.2%£1.06B£2.26B16.4618,000Gap Down
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
FEVR
Fevertree Drinks
2.5039 of 5 stars
GBX 750
+2.0%
GBX 1,543.75
+105.8%
-27.4%£955.86M£394.92M39.92375High Trading Volume
GNC
Greencore Group
0.4118 of 5 stars
GBX 176.60
+3.4%
GBX 130
-26.4%
+35.5%£768.62M£1.72B15.9713,602Dividend Cut
HFG
Hilton Food Group
2.6591 of 5 stars
GBX 831
-2.4%
GBX 1,077.50
+29.7%
+1.7%£743.91M£3.80B15.997,000Gap Down
BAG
A.G. BARR
1.5563 of 5 stars
GBX 650
+2.4%
GBX 685
+5.4%
+21.1%£726.34M£414.41M19.991,030
MPE
M.P. Evans Group
3.0643 of 5 stars
GBX 1,021
+2.7%
GBX 1,375
+34.7%
+19.5%£662.75M£408.94M10.2912,800Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TOT
Total Produce
N/AN/AN/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974
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This page (LON:CCR) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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