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Diageo (DGE) Competitors

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GBX 2,504.50 -21.00 (-0.83%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:19 PM ET)

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

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

Diageo vs.

Diageo (LON:DGE) and Artisanal Spirits (LON:ART) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Diageo has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artisanal Spirits has a beta of -0.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Diageo received 1350 more outperform votes than Artisanal Spirits when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DiageoOutperform Votes
1350
67.47%
Underperform Votes
651
32.53%
Artisanal SpiritsN/AN/A

In the previous week, Diageo had 3 more articles in the media than Artisanal Spirits. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Diageo and 3 mentions for Artisanal Spirits. Artisanal Spirits' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Diageo's score of -0.23 indicating that Artisanal Spirits is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Diageo
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Artisanal Spirits
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

63.0% of Diageo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.1% of Artisanal Spirits shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Diageo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 66.8% of Artisanal Spirits shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Diageo has a net margin of 19.09% compared to Artisanal Spirits' net margin of -14.52%. Diageo's return on equity of 35.04% beat Artisanal Spirits' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Diageo19.09% 35.04% 8.30%
Artisanal Spirits -14.52%-19.51%-1.38%

Diageo currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,993.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.52%. Given Diageo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Diageo is more favorable than Artisanal Spirits.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Diageo
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Artisanal Spirits
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Diageo£20.27B2.74£3.87B£1.321,897.35
Artisanal Spirits£23.37M1.15-£3.39M-£0.05-760.00

Summary

Diageo beats Artisanal Spirits on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DGE vs. The Competition

MetricDiageoBeverages IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£55.60B£7.96B£5.94B£1.86B
Dividend Yield3.07%2.49%3.17%6.19%
P/E Ratio1,897.35465.80211.671,797.43
Price / Sales2.74177.74230.01380,062.11
Price / Cash35.9616.54143.4428.19
Price / Book5.541.933.002.92
Net Income£3.87B£550.74M£159.82M£156.26M
7 Day Performance-4.35%-3.61%-1.96%-1.92%
1 Month Performance6.67%-3.17%-0.76%17.74%
1 Year Performance-12.09%-23.48%61.20%29.21%

Diageo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DGE
Diageo
0.7831 of 5 stars
GBX 2,504.50
-0.8%
GBX 2,993.33
+19.5%
-12.3%£55.60B£20.27B1,897.3530,269News Coverage
ART
Artisanal Spirits
N/AGBX 37.16
+0.4%
N/A-21.6%£26.22M£23.37M-750.00115Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
GUS
Gusbourne
N/AGBX 39
+2.6%
N/A-47.3%£23.74M£6.96M-650.00112Gap Up
VINO
Virgin Wines UK
N/AGBX 33.25
flat
N/A-15.8%£18.51M£59.66M-4,250.00200Positive News
DIS
Distil
N/AGBX 0.13
-9.1%
N/A-80.9%£1.29M£1.52M17.50220,000Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EISB
East Imperial
N/AGBX 0.28
flat
N/AN/A£1.03M£3.14M14.0014
ULVR
Unilever
0.3783 of 5 stars
GBX 4,645
-0.4%
GBX 4,665
+0.4%
+20.3%£115.20B£60.29B2,119.55148,000
BATS
British American Tobacco
1.1605 of 5 stars
GBX 2,983.67
0.0%
GBX 3,183.33
+6.7%
+23.2%£65.94B£26.18B-481.0352,000Dividend Increase
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.3335 of 5 stars
GBX 4,856
0.0%
GBX 4,788.50
-1.4%
-11.3%£33.56B£14.33B2,238.2526,000News Coverage
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
N/AGBX 6,260
-0.6%
N/A+10,101.0%£28.85B£19.15B1,782.8627,600High Trading Volume
TSCO
Tesco
0.4766 of 5 stars
GBX 373.10
+0.3%
GBX 313.33
-16.0%
+27.0%£25.41B£69.16B1,377.7849,000

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This page (LON:DGE) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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