GNC vs. CWK, TATE, PFD, DCG, BAKK, HFG, BD15, ZAM, BMK, and PURE
Should you be buying Greencore Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greencore Group include Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Premier Foods (PFD), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Tate & Lyle (BD15), Zambeef Products (ZAM), Benchmark (BMK), and PureCircle (PURE). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Greencore Group vs.
Cranswick (LON:CWK) and Greencore Group (LON:GNC) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencore Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Greencore Group had 1 more articles in the media than Cranswick. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greencore Group and 1 mentions for Cranswick. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Greencore Group's score of 0.55 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cranswick has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Greencore Group's net margin of 2.82%. Cranswick's return on equity of 12.64% beat Greencore Group's return on equity.
84.6% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.6% of Greencore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Greencore Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cranswick has higher revenue and earnings than Greencore Group. Greencore Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Greencore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Cranswick pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greencore Group pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Cranswick presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,420.67, suggesting a potential downside of 30.15%. Greencore Group has a consensus target price of GBX 130, suggesting a potential downside of 35.16%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cranswick is more favorable than Greencore Group.
Greencore Group received 237 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.84% of users gave Greencore Group an outperform vote while only 63.72% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.
Summary
Cranswick beats Greencore Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GNC) was last updated on 2/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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