Tate & Lyle (TATE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TATE or CWK?

Tate & Lyle received 145 more outperform votes than Cranswick when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.52% of users gave Cranswick an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave Tate & Lyle an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tate & Lyle	Outperform Votes 549 59.93%	Underperform Votes 367 40.07%
Cranswick	Outperform Votes 404 63.52%	Underperform Votes 232 36.48%

Is TATE or CWK more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tate & Lyle	11.41%	15.37%	6.03%
Cranswick	4.35%	12.64%	8.26%

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate TATE or CWK?

Tate & Lyle presently has a consensus target price of GBX 720, suggesting a potential upside of 43.00%. Cranswick has a consensus target price of GBX 2,700, suggesting a potential downside of 45.07%. Given Tate & Lyle's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer TATE or CWK?

In the previous week, Tate & Lyle had 1 more articles in the media than Cranswick. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tate & Lyle and 0 mentions for Cranswick. Tate & Lyle's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Cranswick's score of 0.00 indicating that Tate & Lyle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tate & Lyle	Neutral
Cranswick	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and 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	£1.81B	1.21	£206.63M	£47.95	10.50
Cranswick	£2.61B	1.01	£113.74M	£210.14	23.39

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 3.8%. Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Tate & Lyle pays out 39.6% 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. Tate & Lyle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, TATE or CWK?

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

Summary

Tate & Lyle beats Cranswick on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.