Glanbia (GLB) Competitors

Glanbia (LON:GLB) and Cranswick (LON:CWK) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is GLB or CWK more profitable?

Glanbia has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Cranswick's net margin of 4.35%. Cranswick's return on equity of 12.64% beat Glanbia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glanbia	7.89%	6.54%	6.05%
Cranswick	4.35%	12.64%	8.26%

Is GLB or CWK a better dividend stock?

Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 298.6%. Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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. Cranswick pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate GLB or CWK?

Cranswick has a consensus price target of GBX 5,370, suggesting a potential upside of 2.09%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cranswick 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
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer GLB or CWK?

In the previous week, Cranswick had 2 more articles in the media than Glanbia. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cranswick and 1 mentions for Glanbia. Glanbia's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Cranswick's score of 0.39 indicating that Glanbia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Glanbia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cranswick	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GLB or CWK?

Glanbia has higher revenue and earnings than Cranswick. Glanbia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, 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	24.58
Cranswick	£2.61B	1.08	£113.74M	£210.14	25.03

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GLB or CWK?

26.8% of Glanbia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.6% of Glanbia shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GLB or CWK?

Glanbia has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cranswick beats Glanbia on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.