HFG vs. CWK, TATE, PFD, DCG, GNC, BAKK, BD15, ZAM, BMK, and PURE
Should you be buying Hilton Food Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hilton Food Group include Cranswick (CWK), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Premier Foods (PFD), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Greencore Group (GNC), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Tate & Lyle (BD15), Zambeef Products (ZAM), Benchmark (BMK), and PureCircle (PURE). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Hilton Food Group vs.
Hilton Food Group (LON:HFG) and Cranswick (LON:CWK) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.
Hilton Food Group has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% 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.
Cranswick has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hilton Food Group. Hilton Food 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 has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Hilton Food Group's net margin of 1.22%. Hilton Food Group's return on equity of 15.15% beat Cranswick's return on equity.
Hilton Food Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,077.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.53%. Cranswick has a consensus target price of GBX 3,420.67, indicating a potential downside of 30.62%. Given Hilton Food Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hilton Food Group is more favorable than Cranswick.
Hilton Food Group received 34 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.24% of users gave Hilton Food Group an outperform vote while only 63.72% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Hilton Food Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hilton Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Hilton Food Group pays out 63.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cranswick pays out 42.8% 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.
62.3% of Hilton Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cranswick shares are held by institutional investors. 14.3% of Hilton Food Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cranswick shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Cranswick beats Hilton Food Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HFG) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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