Free Trial

Diageo (DGE) Competitors

Diageo logo
GBX 1,822 -31.00 (-1.67%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:42 PM Eastern

DGE vs. CDGP, VINO, ART, DIS, EISB, GUS, ULVR, BATS, CCEP, and RKT

Should you be buying Diageo stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diageo include Chapel Down Group (CDGP), Virgin Wines UK (VINO), Artisanal Spirits (ART), Distil (DIS), East Imperial (EISB), Gusbourne (GUS), Unilever (ULVR), British American Tobacco (BATS), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), and Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.

Diageo vs. Its Competitors

Chapel Down Group (LON:CDGP) and Diageo (LON:DGE) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Diageo has higher revenue and earnings than Chapel Down Group. Diageo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chapel Down Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chapel Down Group£15.97M4.75£1.01M£0.5975.43
Diageo£20.48B1.97£3.96B£178.5310.21

In the previous week, Diageo had 3 more articles in the media than Chapel Down Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Diageo and 0 mentions for Chapel Down Group. Diageo's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Chapel Down Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Diageo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Chapel Down Group Neutral
Diageo Neutral

Chapel Down Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diageo has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Diageo has a net margin of 19.33% compared to Chapel Down Group's net margin of 6.29%. Diageo's return on equity of 50.44% beat Chapel Down Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chapel Down Group6.29% 2.91% 2.25%
Diageo 19.33%50.44%8.30%

15.1% of Chapel Down Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.0% of Diageo shares are held by institutional investors. 61.8% of Chapel Down Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Diageo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Diageo has a consensus price target of GBX 2,500.33, suggesting a potential upside of 37.23%. Given Diageo's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Diageo is more favorable than Chapel Down Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chapel Down Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Diageo
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Summary

Diageo beats Chapel Down Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Diageo News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DGE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DGE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

DGE vs. The Competition

MetricDiageoBeverages IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£40.45B£5.57B£7.01B£3.03B
Dividend Yield3.63%2.58%3.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio10.2116.0913.60176.75
Price / Sales1.97145.5282.44264,362.43
Price / Cash35.9616.54144.7427.97
Price / Book4.261.564.104.53
Net Income£3.96B£563.17M£999.43M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-7.79%-3.16%-0.86%12.58%
1 Month Performance-4.86%-2.06%-0.85%6.10%
1 Year Performance-23.45%-24.04%65.78%71.59%

Diageo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DGE
Diageo
3.001 of 5 stars
GBX 1,822
-1.7%
GBX 2,500.33
+37.2%
-24.1%£40.45B£20.48B10.2130,269
CDGP
Chapel Down Group
N/AGBX 43.78
+4.2%
N/A-41.1%£75.09M£15.97M74.7168
VINO
Virgin Wines UK
N/AGBX 60.80
+1.0%
N/A+57.2%£34.41M£59.51M25.15200Gap Up
ART
Artisanal Spirits
N/AGBX 46.37
0.0%
N/A+0.0%£32.72M£23.37M-9.64115
DIS
Distil
N/AGBX 0.15
-17.6%
N/A-54.3%£2.32M£2.00M-1.13220,000Gap Down
EISB
East Imperial
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.03M£3.14M14.0014
GUS
Gusbourne
N/AGBX 0.80
flat
N/A-98.9%£487K£6.97M-0.14112
ULVR
Unilever
1.3022 of 5 stars
GBX 4,412.55
-0.7%
N/A-5.8%£130.31B£70.72B19.96148,000News Coverage
BATS
British American Tobacco
0.9826 of 5 stars
GBX 3,836
+0.6%
GBX 3,633.33
-5.3%
+47.4%£84.39B£25.81B-6.1952,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
0.7843 of 5 stars
GBX 7,230
-0.1%
GBX 7,950
+10.0%
+10,628.9%£40.07B£23.04B24.8727,600
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
1.6413 of 5 stars
GBX 5,056
-0.6%
GBX 4,959
-1.9%
+37.2%£34.49B£13.78B23.1426,000News Coverage
Insider Trade

Related Companies and Tools


This page (LON:DGE) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners