Tate & Lyle (TATE) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TATE or GLB?

76.4% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Glanbia shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Tate & Lyle shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.6% of Glanbia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TATE or GLB more profitable?

Tate & Lyle has a net margin of 11.41% compared to Glanbia's net margin of 7.89%. Tate & Lyle's return on equity of 15.37% beat Glanbia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tate & Lyle	11.41%	15.37%	6.03%
Glanbia	7.89%	6.54%	6.05%

Does the media refer more to TATE or GLB?

In the previous week, Tate & Lyle had 6 more articles in the media than Glanbia. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tate & Lyle and 0 mentions for Glanbia. Tate & Lyle's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Glanbia's score of 0.00 indicating that Tate & Lyle is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tate & Lyle	Positive
Glanbia	Neutral

Is TATE or GLB a better dividend stock?

Tate & Lyle pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 289.7%. Tate & Lyle pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Glanbia pays out 7,340.9% 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 & volatility, TATE or GLB?

Tate & Lyle has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glanbia has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate TATE or GLB?

Tate & Lyle presently has a consensus price target of GBX 676.67, suggesting a potential upside of 28.64%. Given Tate & Lyle's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tate & Lyle is more favorable than Glanbia.

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
Glanbia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, TATE or GLB?

Glanbia has higher revenue and earnings than Tate & Lyle. Tate & Lyle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glanbia, 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	1.27	£206.63M	£47.95	10.97
Glanbia	£162.12B	0.02	£12.80B	£0.50	25.34

Summary

Tate & Lyle beats Glanbia on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.