Diageo (DGE) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, DGE or CDGP?

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

Does the media refer more to DGE or CDGP?

In the previous week, Diageo and Diageo both had 3 articles in the media. Chapel Down Group's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Diageo's score of -0.89 indicating that Chapel Down Group 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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Chapel Down Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is DGE or CDGP more profitable?

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
Diageo	19.33%	50.44%	8.30%
Chapel Down Group	6.29%	2.91%	2.25%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DGE or CDGP?

Diageo received 1350 more outperform votes than Chapel Down Group when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diageo	Outperform Votes 1350 67.43%	Underperform Votes 652 32.57%
Chapel Down Group	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DGE or CDGP?

63.0% of Diageo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Chapel Down Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Diageo shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 61.8% of Chapel Down Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DGE or CDGP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diageo	£20.48B	2.37	£3.96B	£178.53	12.27
Chapel Down Group	£15.97M	3.68	£1.01M	£0.59	58.54

Do analysts rate DGE or CDGP?

Diageo presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,876.67, suggesting a potential upside of 31.35%. Given Diageo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Diageo is more favorable than Chapel Down Group.

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
Chapel Down Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Diageo beats Chapel Down Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.