GLB vs. ANP, SIS, OHT, ZAM, CARR, KYGA, WINE, RE, GUS, and ART
Should you be buying Glanbia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Glanbia include Anpario (ANP), Science in Sport (SIS), Ocean Harvest Technology Group (OHT), Zambeef Products (ZAM), Carr's Group (CARR), Kerry Group (KYGA), Naked Wines (WINE), R.E.A. (RE), Gusbourne (GUS), and Artisanal Spirits (ART). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Anpario (LON:ANP) and Glanbia (LON:GLB) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Glanbia has higher revenue and earnings than Anpario. Glanbia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anpario, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
42.6% of Anpario shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of Glanbia shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.4% of Anpario shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 30.2% of Glanbia 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.
Anpario has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glanbia has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Anpario has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Anpario's net margin of 6.35%. Anpario's return on equity of 16.86% beat Glanbia's return on equity.
In the previous week, Glanbia had 2 more articles in the media than Anpario. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Glanbia and 0 mentions for Anpario. Anpario's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Glanbia's score of 0.00 indicating that Glanbia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Anpario received 75 more outperform votes than Glanbia when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.11% of users gave Anpario an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave Glanbia an outperform vote.
Anpario pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Glanbia pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 193.6%. Anpario pays out 8,461.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Glanbia pays out 2,941.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Glanbia is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Anpario currently has a consensus target price of GBX 340, indicating a potential upside of 36.00%. Given Glanbia's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Anpario is more favorable than Glanbia.
Summary
Glanbia beats Anpario on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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