Glanbia (GLB) Competitors

Glanbia (LON:GLB) and Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts rate GLB or ABF?

Associated British Foods has a consensus price target of GBX 2,246.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.56%. Given Associated British Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Associated British Foods is more favorable than Glanbia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glanbia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Associated British Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk & volatility, GLB or ABF?

Glanbia has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated British Foods has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, GLB or ABF?

Glanbia has higher revenue and earnings than Associated British Foods. Associated British Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glanbia, 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
Glanbia	£162.12B	0.02	£12.80B	£0.50	28.53
Associated British Foods	£19.45B	0.71	£1.41B	£196.33	9.73

Is GLB or ABF a better dividend stock?

Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 257.3%. Associated British Foods pays an annual dividend of GBX 54 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Glanbia pays out 7,340.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Associated British Foods pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GLB or ABF?

Associated British Foods received 1086 more outperform votes than Glanbia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.98% of users gave Associated British Foods an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave Glanbia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glanbia	Outperform Votes 78 65.00%	Underperform Votes 42 35.00%
Associated British Foods	Outperform Votes 1164 72.98%	Underperform Votes 431 27.02%

Is GLB or ABF more profitable?

Glanbia has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Associated British Foods' net margin of 7.25%. Associated British Foods' return on equity of 13.07% beat Glanbia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glanbia	7.89%	6.54%	6.05%
Associated British Foods	7.25%	13.07%	5.51%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GLB or ABF?

26.8% of Glanbia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.5% of Associated British Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.6% of Glanbia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 58.1% of Associated British Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor GLB or ABF?

In the previous week, Glanbia's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Associated British Foods'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Glanbia	Neutral
Associated British Foods	Neutral

Summary

Associated British Foods beats Glanbia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.