Glanbia (GLB) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CWK or GLB?

Cranswick presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,700, indicating a potential downside of 46.22%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cranswick is more favorable than Glanbia.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Glanbia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

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

Is CWK or GLB 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
Cranswick	4.35%	12.64%	8.26%
Glanbia	7.89%	6.54%	6.05%

Does the media prefer CWK or GLB?

In the previous week, Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Glanbia'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cranswick	Neutral
Glanbia	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CWK or GLB?

Cranswick received 326 more outperform votes than Glanbia when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave Glanbia an outperform vote while only 63.52% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.52%	Underperform Votes 232 36.48%
Glanbia	Outperform Votes 78 65.00%	Underperform Votes 42 35.00%

Which has more risk & volatility, CWK or GLB?

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

Is CWK or GLB a better dividend stock?

Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 362.7%. Cranswick pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CWK or GLB?

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
Cranswick	£2.61B	1.04	£113.74M	£210.14	23.89
Glanbia	£162.12B	0.02	£12.80B	£0.50	20.24

Summary

Cranswick beats Glanbia on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.