GRG vs. OCDO, SBRY, TATE, CWK, BVIC, PFD, FEVR, HFG, BAKK, and BME
Should you be buying Greggs stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greggs include Ocado Group (OCDO), J Sainsbury (SBRY), Tate & Lyle (TATE), Cranswick (CWK), Britvic (BVIC), Premier Foods (PFD), Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Hilton Food Group (HFG), Bakkavor Group (BAKK), and B&M European Value Retail (BME). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Greggs (LON:GRG) and Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) are both mid-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Greggs had 4 more articles in the media than Ocado Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Greggs and 9 mentions for Ocado Group. Ocado Group's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Greggs' score of 0.12 indicating that Ocado Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
64.9% of Greggs shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.9% of Ocado Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Greggs shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.5% of Ocado Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Greggs has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ocado Group has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Greggs has a net margin of 7.87% compared to Ocado Group's net margin of -11.11%. Greggs' return on equity of 29.17% beat Ocado Group's return on equity.
Ocado Group received 147 more outperform votes than Greggs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.14% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote while only 55.96% of users gave Ocado Group an outperform vote.
Greggs currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,375, indicating a potential upside of 19.26%. Ocado Group has a consensus target price of GBX 390, indicating a potential upside of 7.41%. Given Greggs' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Greggs is more favorable than Ocado Group.
Greggs has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ocado Group. Ocado Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greggs, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Greggs beats Ocado Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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