MGP Ingredients (MGPI) Competitors

WK Kellogg (NYSE:KLG) and MGP Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Do analysts rate KLG or MGPI?

WK Kellogg currently has a consensus target price of $16.95, indicating a potential downside of 13.21%. MGP Ingredients has a consensus target price of $117.33, indicating a potential upside of 56.15%. Given WK Kellogg's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MGP Ingredients is more favorable than WK Kellogg.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WK Kellogg	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.70
MGP Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor KLG or MGPI?

In the previous week, MGP Ingredients had 3 more articles in the media than WK Kellogg. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MGP Ingredients and 5 mentions for WK Kellogg. MGP Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat WK Kellogg's score of 0.50 indicating that WK Kellogg is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WK Kellogg	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MGP Ingredients	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is KLG or MGPI a better dividend stock?

WK Kellogg pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. MGP Ingredients pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. MGP Ingredients pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KLG or MGPI?

WK Kellogg has higher revenue and earnings than MGP Ingredients.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WK Kellogg	$2.76B	0.61	$110M	N/A	N/A
MGP Ingredients	$836.52M	1.98	$107.47M	$4.33	17.35

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KLG or MGPI?

MGP Ingredients received 264 more outperform votes than WK Kellogg when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave MGP Ingredients an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave WK Kellogg an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WK Kellogg	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 18 100.00%
MGP Ingredients	Outperform Votes 264 61.83%	Underperform Votes 163 38.17%

Is KLG or MGPI more profitable?

MGP Ingredients has a net margin of 11.91% compared to MGP Ingredients' net margin of 0.00%. WK Kellogg's return on equity of 14.78% beat MGP Ingredients' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WK Kellogg	N/A	N/A	N/A
MGP Ingredients	11.91%	14.78%	8.91%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KLG or MGPI?

95.7% of WK Kellogg shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of MGP Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of WK Kellogg shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of MGP Ingredients shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MGP Ingredients beats WK Kellogg on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.