Greencore Group (GNC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CWK or GNC?

Greencore Group received 237 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.92% of users gave Greencore Group an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.82%	Underperform Votes 229 36.18%
Greencore Group	Outperform Votes 641 72.92%	Underperform Votes 238 27.08%

Is CWK or GNC a better dividend stock?

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 3.3%. Cranswick pays out 4,306.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greencore Group pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate CWK or GNC?

Cranswick currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,423, suggesting a potential downside of 30.21%. Greencore Group has a consensus target price of GBX 130, suggesting a potential downside of 29.42%. Given Greencore Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Greencore Group is more favorable than Cranswick.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Greencore Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is CWK or GNC more profitable?

Cranswick has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Greencore Group's net margin of 2.82%. Cranswick's return on equity of 12.89% beat Greencore Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cranswick	4.35%	12.89%	8.26%
Greencore Group	2.82%	11.81%	4.43%

Does the media prefer CWK or GNC?

In the previous week, Greencore Group had 2 more articles in the media than Cranswick. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greencore Group and 0 mentions for Cranswick. Greencore Group's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Cranswick's score of 0.00 indicating that Greencore Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cranswick	Neutral
Greencore Group	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CWK or GNC?

Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencore Group has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CWK or GNC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cranswick	£2.60B	1.01	£113.10M	£2.09	2,346.89
Greencore Group	£1.85B	0.45	£52.20M	£0.10	1,842.00

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

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

Summary

Cranswick beats Greencore Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.