Zambeef Products (ZAM) Competitors

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

Is PFD or ZAM 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
Premier Foods	9.89%	8.49%	4.78%
Zambeef Products	2.19%	2.31%	1.75%

Which has more risk & volatility, PFD or ZAM?

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PFD or ZAM?

48.7% of Premier Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Zambeef Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Premier Foods 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PFD or ZAM?

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PFD or ZAM?

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
Premier Foods	£1.14B	1.48	£112.38M	£13.06	14.94
Zambeef Products	£179.19B	0.00	£3.93B	£1.04	4.25

Does the media favor PFD or ZAM?

In the previous week, Premier Foods and Premier Foods both had 1 articles in the media. Premier Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Zambeef Products' score of 0.00 indicating that Premier Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts rate PFD or ZAM?

Premier Foods currently has a consensus target price of GBX 225, suggesting a potential upside of 15.38%. Given Premier Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Premier Foods is more favorable than Zambeef Products.

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

Summary

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