Zambeef Products (ZAM) Competitors

Zambeef Products (LON:ZAM) and Premier Foods (LON:PFD) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ZAM or PFD?

10.2% of Zambeef Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Premier Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ZAM or PFD?

Premier Foods has a consensus target price of GBX 225, suggesting a potential upside of 23.76%. Given Premier Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Premier Foods is more favorable than Zambeef Products.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zambeef Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Premier Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, ZAM or PFD?

Zambeef Products has a beta of -0.48, meaning that its share price is 148% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premier Foods has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ZAM or PFD?

In the previous week, Zambeef Products and Zambeef Products both had 1 articles in the media. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Zambeef Products' score of 0.67 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zambeef Products	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Premier Foods	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZAM or PFD?

Premier Foods received 270 more outperform votes than Zambeef Products when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.12% of users gave Premier Foods an outperform vote while only 61.26% of users gave Zambeef Products an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zambeef Products	Outperform Votes 136 61.26%	Underperform Votes 86 38.74%
Premier Foods	Outperform Votes 406 68.12%	Underperform Votes 190 31.88%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ZAM or PFD?

Zambeef Products has higher revenue and earnings than Premier Foods. Zambeef Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier Foods, 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
Zambeef Products	£179.19B	0.00	£3.93B	£1.04	4.31
Premier Foods	£1.14B	1.38	£112.38M	£13.06	13.92

Is ZAM or PFD more profitable?

Premier Foods has a net margin of 9.89% compared to Zambeef Products' net margin of 2.19%. Premier Foods' return on equity of 8.49% beat Zambeef Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zambeef Products	2.19%	2.31%	1.75%
Premier Foods	9.89%	8.49%	4.78%

Summary

Premier Foods beats Zambeef Products on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.