TATE vs. CWK, GLB, PFD, DCG, BAKK, GNC, HFG, ZAM, BD15, and BMK
Should you be buying Tate & Lyle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tate & Lyle include Cranswick (CWK), Glanbia (GLB), Premier Foods (PFD), Dairy Crest Group (DCG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Greencore Group (GNC), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Zambeef Products (ZAM), Tate & Lyle (BD15), and Benchmark (BMK). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
Tate & Lyle vs.
Cranswick (LON:CWK) and Tate & Lyle (LON:TATE) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Cranswick had 4 more articles in the media than Tate & Lyle. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cranswick and 0 mentions for Tate & Lyle. Cranswick's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Tate & Lyle's score of 0.00 indicating that Cranswick is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 11.41% compared to Cranswick's net margin of 4.35%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 15.37% beat Cranswick's return on equity.
Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cranswick presently has a consensus price target of GBX 5,156, suggesting a potential upside of 3.53%. Tate & Lyle has a consensus price target of GBX 737.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.50%. Given Tate & Lyle's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Cranswick.
Tate & Lyle received 145 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.62% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.
84.6% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by 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.
Tate & Lyle has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cranswick. Tate & Lyle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Cranswick pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tate & Lyle pays out 39.6% 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. Tate & Lyle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Cranswick beats Tate & Lyle on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:TATE) was last updated on 3/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
