Tate & Lyle (TATE) Competitors

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

Is TATE or CWK more profitable?

Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 11.42% compared to Cranswick's net margin of 4.35%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 14.74% beat Cranswick's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tate & Lyle	11.42%	14.74%	6.03%
Cranswick	4.35%	12.89%	8.26%

Do analysts rate TATE or CWK?

Tate & Lyle currently has a consensus price target of GBX 866.67, suggesting a potential upside of 32.32%. Cranswick has a consensus price target of GBX 3,423, suggesting a potential downside of 31.20%. Given Tate & Lyle's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Cranswick.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tate & Lyle	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to TATE or CWK?

In the previous week, Cranswick had 1 more articles in the media than Tate & Lyle. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cranswick and 0 mentions for Tate & Lyle. Tate & Lyle's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cranswick's score of -0.20 indicating that Tate & Lyle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tate & Lyle	Positive
Cranswick	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TATE or CWK?

Tate & Lyle received 145 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.82% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote while only 60.07% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tate & Lyle	Outperform Votes 549 60.07%	Underperform Votes 365 39.93%
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.82%	Underperform Votes 229 36.18%

Is TATE or CWK a better dividend stock?

Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, TATE or CWK?

Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TATE or CWK?

Tate & Lyle has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tate & Lyle	£1.65B	1.51	£179M	£0.44	1,488.64
Cranswick	£2.60B	1.03	£113.10M	£2.09	2,380.38

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TATE or CWK?

76.4% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cranswick beats Tate & Lyle on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.