BAG vs. NICL, CCEP, FEVR, BVIC, CCR, GNC, BAKK, HFG, MPE, and PZC
Should you be buying A.G. BARR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of A.G. BARR include Nichols (NICL), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Britvic (BVIC), C&C Group (CCR), Greencore Group (GNC), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), Hilton Food Group (HFG), M.P. Evans Group (MPE), and PZ Cussons (PZC). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Nichols (LON:NICL) and A.G. BARR (LON:BAG) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Nichols had 3 more articles in the media than A.G. BARR. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Nichols and 8 mentions for A.G. BARR. Nichols' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat A.G. BARR's score of 0.07 indicating that A.G. BARR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nichols has a net margin of 10.75% compared to Nichols' net margin of 9.62%. A.G. BARR's return on equity of 19.74% beat Nichols' return on equity.
A.G. BARR has a consensus target price of GBX 574, indicating a potential upside of 1.59%. Given Nichols' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe A.G. BARR is more favorable than Nichols.
Nichols pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. A.G. BARR pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Nichols pays out 5,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A.G. BARR pays out 4,411.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
A.G. BARR has higher revenue and earnings than Nichols. A.G. BARR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nichols, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
23.3% of Nichols shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of A.G. BARR shares are held by institutional investors. 44.1% of Nichols shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of A.G. BARR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
A.G. BARR received 69 more outperform votes than Nichols when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.95% of users gave Nichols an outperform vote while only 48.65% of users gave A.G. BARR an outperform vote.
Nichols has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A.G. BARR has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Nichols beats A.G. BARR on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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