HFG vs. CWK, TATE, PFD, DCG, GNC, BAKK, BD15, BMK, PURE, and KYGA
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), Benchmark (BMK), PureCircle (PURE), and Kerry Group (KYGA). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Hilton Food Group vs.
Cranswick (LON:CWK) and Hilton Food Group (LON:HFG) are both consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hilton Food Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cranswick had 4 more articles in the media than Hilton Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cranswick and 0 mentions for Hilton Food Group. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Hilton Food Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 3.6%. 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.
Cranswick presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,423, indicating a potential downside of 30.85%. Hilton Food Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,077.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.28%. Given Hilton Food Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hilton Food Group is more favorable than Cranswick.
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.
Summary
Cranswick beats Hilton Food Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:HFG) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
