Hilton Food Group (HFG) Competitors

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

Is CWK or HFG a better dividend stock?

Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Hilton Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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. Hilton Food Group pays out 6,470.6% 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 institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CWK or HFG?

84.6% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.3% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CWK or HFG?

Cranswick has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

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
Hilton Food Group	£3.81B	0.21	£46.43M	£0.51	1,759.41

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CWK or HFG?

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 63.82% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.82%	Underperform Votes 229 36.18%
Hilton Food Group	Outperform Votes 438 73.24%	Underperform Votes 160 26.76%

Does the media prefer CWK or HFG?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cranswick	Neutral
Hilton Food Group	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CWK or HFG?

Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Food Group has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CWK or HFG more profitable?

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 16.13% beat Cranswick's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cranswick	4.35%	12.89%	8.26%
Hilton Food Group	1.22%	16.13%	4.96%

Do analysts recommend CWK or HFG?

Cranswick currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,423, suggesting a potential downside of 30.21%. Hilton Food Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,077.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.08%. Given Hilton Food Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hilton Food 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
Hilton Food Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Cranswick beats Hilton Food Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.