Hilton Food Group (HFG) Competitors

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

Is HFG or CWK 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 15.15% beat Cranswick's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hilton Food Group	1.22%	15.15%	4.96%
Cranswick	4.35%	12.64%	8.26%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HFG or CWK?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cranswick shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HFG or CWK?

Hilton Food Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,091.67, suggesting a potential upside of 23.68%. Cranswick has a consensus target price of GBX 2,700, suggesting a potential downside of 46.43%. Given Hilton Food Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hilton Food Group is more favorable than Cranswick.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hilton Food Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is HFG or CWK a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HFG or CWK?

Hilton Food Group received 35 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.04% of users gave Hilton Food Group an outperform vote while only 63.52% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hilton Food Group	Outperform Votes 439 73.04%	Underperform Votes 162 26.96%
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.52%	Underperform Votes 232 36.48%

Which has better valuation and earnings, HFG or CWK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hilton Food Group	£3.80B	0.21	£46.35M	£51.96	16.99
Cranswick	£2.61B	1.04	£113.74M	£210.14	23.98

Does the media refer more to HFG or CWK?

In the previous week, Hilton Food Group had 9 more articles in the media than Cranswick. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hilton Food Group and 0 mentions for Cranswick. Hilton Food Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Cranswick's score of 0.00 indicating that Hilton Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hilton Food Group	Positive
Cranswick	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, HFG or CWK?

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

Summary

Hilton Food Group beats Cranswick on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.