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Diageo (DGE) Competitors

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GBX 2,347.83 -9.67 (-0.41%)
(As of 12:11 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

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£20.27B2.56£3.87B£1.321,772.35
Artisanal Spirits£23.37M1.24-£3.39M-£0.05-820.00

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%

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Diageo presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,008, suggesting a potential upside of 28.57%. Given Diageo's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Artisanal Spirits
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Diageo received 1348 more outperform votes than Artisanal Spirits when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DiageoOutperform Votes
1348
67.43%
Underperform Votes
651
32.57%
Artisanal SpiritsN/AN/A

In the previous week, Diageo had 3 more articles in the media than Artisanal Spirits. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Diageo and 0 mentions for Artisanal Spirits. Diageo's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Artisanal Spirits' score of 0.20 indicating that Diageo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Diageo Positive
Artisanal Spirits Neutral

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

Summary

Diageo beats Artisanal Spirits on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DGE vs. The Competition

MetricDiageoBeverages IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£51.94B£7.47B£5.08B£1.38B
Dividend Yield3.07%2.58%3.14%11.73%
P/E Ratio1,772.35136.27207.981,551.05
Price / Sales2.56127.29142,428.24212,243.28
Price / Cash35.9614.38128.2532.93
Price / Book5.181.933.032.81
Net Income£3.87B£549.93M£147.24M£152.70M
7 Day Performance-1.10%-1.74%-1.16%-0.34%
1 Month Performance-10.81%-10.14%32.32%7.29%
1 Year Performance-16.40%-22.14%69.61%91.93%

Diageo Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DGE
Diageo
1.5158 of 5 stars
GBX 2,347.83
-0.4%
GBX 3,008
+28.1%
-15.9%£52.12B£20.27B1,778.6630,269
ART
Artisanal Spirits
N/AGBX 41.38
+0.9%
N/A-34.8%£29.19M£23.37M-827.50115
GUS
Gusbourne
N/AGBX 40.60
-2.2%
N/A-44.3%£24.71M£6.96M-691.67112News Coverage
VINO
Virgin Wines UK
N/AGBX 37
+2.8%
N/A-5.8%£20.60M£59.66M-4,250.00200Gap Down
DIS
Distil
N/AGBX 0.14
+3.7%
N/A-69.3%£1.39M£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
0.5734 of 5 stars
GBX 4,542
+0.1%
GBX 4,665
+2.7%
+20.2%£112.64B£60.29B2,063.18148,000
BATS
British American Tobacco
1.4167 of 5 stars
GBX 2,923
+0.2%
GBX 3,237.50
+10.8%
+15.6%£64.60B£26.18B-469.1352,000Dividend Increase
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.5902 of 5 stars
GBX 4,737.65
-0.5%
GBX 4,788.50
+1.1%
-10.6%£32.74B£14.33B2,194.0126,000
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
N/AGBX 6,160
+2.0%
N/AN/A£28.39B£19.15B1,737.1427,600High Trading Volume
TSCO
Tesco
0.5149 of 5 stars
GBX 350.90
+0.7%
GBX 313.33
-10.7%
+26.9%£23.90B£69.16B1,292.3349,000

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This page (LON:DGE) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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