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Hilton Food Group (HFG) Competitors

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GBX 928 -22.00 (-2.32%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

HFG vs. TATE, CWK, 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 Tate & Lyle (TATE), Cranswick (CWK), 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.

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

In the previous week, Hilton Food Group had 1 more articles in the media than Tate & Lyle. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Hilton Food Group and 0 mentions for Tate & Lyle. Hilton Food Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Tate & Lyle'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hilton Food Group Neutral
Tate & Lyle Neutral

Hilton Food Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,077.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.11%. Tate & Lyle has a consensus price target of GBX 825, indicating a potential upside of 11.26%. Given Hilton Food Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Hilton Food Group is more favorable than Tate & Lyle.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hilton Food Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Tate & Lyle
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Tate & Lyle received 110 more outperform votes than Hilton Food Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.24% of users gave Hilton Food Group an outperform vote while only 60.02% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hilton Food GroupOutperform Votes
438
73.24%
Underperform Votes
160
26.76%
Tate & LyleOutperform Votes
548
60.02%
Underperform Votes
365
39.98%

Tate & Lyle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hilton Food Group. Tate & Lyle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hilton Food Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hilton Food Group£3.81B0.22£46.43M£0.511,819.61
Tate & Lyle£1.65B1.70£179M£0.441,685.23

Hilton Food Group has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

62.3% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of Hilton Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hilton Food Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 33 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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. Tate & Lyle pays out 4,318.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 11.42% compared to Hilton Food Group's net margin of 1.22%. Hilton Food Group's return on equity of 16.13% beat Tate & Lyle's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hilton Food Group1.22% 16.13% 4.96%
Tate & Lyle 11.42%14.74%6.03%

Summary

Hilton Food Group beats Tate & Lyle on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HFG vs. The Competition

MetricHilton Food GroupPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£832.42M£1.83B£5.59B£1.65B
Dividend Yield3.68%2.72%3.14%6.87%
P/E Ratio1,819.61180.11213.111,777.52
Price / Sales0.2251.80156,763.73252,130.22
Price / Cash4.79117.03138.4227.60
Price / Book2.753.183.102.84
Net Income£46.43M£111.96M£158.30M£158.93M
7 Day Performance-1.28%0.66%2.87%-0.63%
1 Month Performance0.87%2.19%29.99%3.39%
1 Year Performance30.34%11.16%83.35%126.08%

Hilton Food Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HFG
Hilton Food Group
0.9592 of 5 stars
GBX 928
-2.3%
GBX 1,077.50
+16.1%
+29.1%£832.42M£3.81B1,819.617,000
TATE
Tate & Lyle
0.9583 of 5 stars
GBX 759.50
-3.7%
N/A+15.8%£2.88B£1.65B1,726.143,604
CWK
Cranswick
0.4038 of 5 stars
GBX 5,110
+0.8%
N/A+37.2%£2.74B£2.60B2,444.9852,000News Coverage
PFD
Premier Foods
2.0632 of 5 stars
GBX 188
-0.7%
N/A+36.5%£1.62B£1.14B1,446.154,000News Coverage
DCG
Dairy Crest Group
N/AGBX 620.50
flat
N/AN/A£958.60M£461.60M22.081,100
GNC
Greencore Group
0.607 of 5 stars
GBX 205
-2.4%
N/A+100.6%£919.81M£1.85B2,050.0013,602
BAKK
Bakkavor Group
2.0059 of 5 stars
GBX 138
-2.8%
N/A+50.9%£798.12M£2.23B1,254.5518,000Gap Down
BD15
Tate & Lyle
N/AGBX 99
-7.5%
N/AN/A£455.63M£1.38B1.694,441Positive News
Gap Down
BMK
Benchmark
N/AGBX 36.08
-3.7%
N/A+1.4%£266.90M£147.51M-901.95823Positive News
Gap Down
PURE
PureCircle
N/AGBX 99.50
flat
N/A+0.0%£183.53M£121.14M-2.7810
KYGA
Kerry Group
N/AGBX 88.65
+0.5%
N/A+24.9%£150.85M£7.78B23.7021,000News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (LON:HFG) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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