Critical Review: China Mengniu Dairy (OTCMKTS:CIADY) and Glanbia (OTCMKTS:GLAPY)

China Mengniu Dairy (OTCMKTS:CIADY) and Glanbia (OTCMKTS:GLAPY) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Dividends

China Mengniu Dairy pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Glanbia pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares China Mengniu Dairy and Glanbia”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Mengniu Dairy	$12.34 billion	0.58	$14.54 million	N/A	N/A
Glanbia	$3.84 billion	1.04	$164.70 million	N/A	N/A

Glanbia has lower revenue, but higher earnings than China Mengniu Dairy.

Profitability

This table compares China Mengniu Dairy and Glanbia’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Mengniu Dairy	N/A	N/A	N/A
Glanbia	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk and Volatility

China Mengniu Dairy has a beta of -0.08, indicating that its share price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Glanbia has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.1% of China Mengniu Dairy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Glanbia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for China Mengniu Dairy and Glanbia, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Mengniu Dairy	1	0	0	0	1.00
Glanbia	0	0	0	0	0.00

About China Mengniu Dairy

China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the manufacture and distribution of dairy products under the MENGNIU brand in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It operates through Liquid Milk Business, Ice Cream Business, Milk Formula Business, and Cheese Business, and Other segments. The Liquid Milk Business segment offers ultra-high temperature milk, milk beverages, yogurt, and fresh milk. The Ice Cream Business segment manufactures and distributes dairy-based ice cream. The Milk Formula Business segment manufactures and distributes milk powder. The Cheese Business segment is involved in manufacture and distribution of cheese. The Other segment engages in manufacture of raw materials for daily products; and trading business. It also produces and sells organic food and formula products for babies and toddlers; and provides commercial factoring and financing guarantee services. China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited was founded in 1999 and is based in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

About Glanbia

Glanbia plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a nutrition company worldwide. The company offers sports nutrition and lifestyle nutrition products in various formats, such as powders, ready-to-eat bars and snacking food, and ready-to-drink beverage. It also manufactures and sells cheese, dairy, and non-dairy nutritional and functional ingredients; and vitamin and mineral premixes products. In addition, the company engages in the financing; research and development; property and land dealing; holding and management of receivables; property leasing; business services; management solutions; weight management; flavor solutions; and bioactive solutions businesses. It offers its products under the Optimum Nutrition, BSN, Isopure, Nutramino, SlimFast, think!, Amazing Grass, Body & Fit, and LevlUp brands. The company sells its products through specialty retail, online, gym, and food, drug, mass, and club channels. Glanbia plc was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Kilkenny, Ireland.