Head to Head Review: C&C Group (CGPZF) versus Its Rivals

C&C Group (OTCMKTS:CGPZF) is one of 140 publicly-traded companies in the “Beverages” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare C&C Group to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares C&C Group and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
C&C Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
C&C Group Competitors	-9.25%	-39.52%	-0.98%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for C&C Group and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
C&C Group	0	1	0	0	2.00
C&C Group Competitors	1249	4213	5631	221	2.43

As a group, “Beverages” companies have a potential upside of 12.74%. Given C&C Group’s rivals stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe C&C Group has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

65.2% of C&C Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of shares of all “Beverages” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

C&C Group pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. C&C Group pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Beverages” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.1% and pay out 49.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. C&C Group is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares C&C Group and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
C&C Group	N/A	N/A	4.95
C&C Group Competitors	$113.20 billion	$874.57 million	11.92

C&C Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than C&C Group. C&C Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

C&C Group rivals beat C&C Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About C&C Group

C&C Group plc manufactures, markets, and distributes beer, cider, wine, spirits, and soft drinks in the Republic of Ireland, Great Britain, and internationally. The company offers its products primarily under the Tennent's, Bulmers, Magners, Orchard Pig, Heverlee, 5 Lamps, Fête, Blackthorn, Seven Summits, Dowd's Lane, Chaplin & Cork's, Celedonia Best, and Addlestones brand name. It also distributes third party branded beers, wines, spirits, cider, and soft drinks. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland.