Contrasting Campbell’s (NASDAQ:CPB) and Greencore Group (OTCMKTS:GNCGY)

Campbell’s (NASDAQ:CPB) and Greencore Group (OTCMKTS:GNCGY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

52.4% of Campbell’s shares are held by institutional investors. 20.2% of Campbell’s shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Campbell’s and Greencore Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Campbell’s	5	15	3	0	1.91
Greencore Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Campbell’s currently has a consensus target price of $34.82, indicating a potential upside of 14.21%. Given Campbell’s’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Campbell’s is more favorable than Greencore Group.

Profitability

This table compares Campbell’s and Greencore Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Campbell’s	5.87%	22.95%	5.77%
Greencore Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Campbell’s and Greencore Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Campbell’s	$10.25 billion	0.89	$602.00 million	$2.00	15.25
Greencore Group	$2.29 billion	0.60	$58.72 million	N/A	N/A

Campbell’s has higher revenue and earnings than Greencore Group.

Risk and Volatility

Campbell’s has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencore Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Campbell’s pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Greencore Group pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Campbell’s pays out 78.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Campbell’s beats Greencore Group on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Campbell’s

The Campbell’s Company, formerly known as Campbell Soup Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Meals & Beverages and Snacks segments. The Meals & Beverages segment engages in the retail and foodservice businesses in the United States and Canada. This segment provides Campbell’s condensed and ready-to-serve soups; Swanson broth and stocks; Pacific Foods broth, soups, and non-dairy beverages; Prego pasta sauces; Pace Mexican sauces; Campbell’s gravies, pasta, beans, and dinner sauces; Swanson canned poultry; V8 juices and beverages; Campbell’s tomato juice; and snacking products in foodservice in Canada. The Snacks segment retails Pepperidge Farm cookies, crackers, fresh bakery, and frozen products, which include Goldfish crackers, Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels, Lance sandwich crackers, Cape Cod and Kettle Brand potato chips, Late July snacks, Snack Factory pretzel crisps, Pop Secret popcorn, and other snacking products. This segment is also involved in the retail business in Latin America. It sells its products through retail food chains, mass discounters and merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, drug stores, and dollar stores, as well as e-commerce and other retail, commercial, and non-commercial establishments, and independent contractor distributors. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

About Greencore Group

Greencore Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells convenience food products in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company offers sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings. It is also involved in the finance activities; pension funding; and property business. The company supplies its products to supermarkets, convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice, and other retailers. Greencore Group plc was incorporated in 1991 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.