Seneca Foods (SENEA) Competitors

Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) and Landec (NASDAQ:LNDC) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts recommend SENEA or LNDC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seneca Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Landec	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, SENEA or LNDC?

Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landec has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SENEA or LNDC?

Seneca Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Landec. Landec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seneca Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seneca Foods	$1.51B	0.28	$9.23M	$7.55	7.80
Landec	$185.79M	0.00	-$97.43M	-$3.38	N/A

Is SENEA or LNDC more profitable?

Seneca Foods has a net margin of 3.81% compared to Landec's net margin of -36.49%. Seneca Foods' return on equity of 14.48% beat Landec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seneca Foods	3.81%	14.48%	6.04%
Landec	-36.49%	-16.79%	-6.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SENEA or LNDC?

Landec received 155 more outperform votes than Seneca Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.72% of users gave Seneca Foods an outperform vote while only 52.59% of users gave Landec an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seneca Foods	Outperform Votes 129 59.72%	Underperform Votes 87 40.28%
Landec	Outperform Votes 284 52.59%	Underperform Votes 256 47.41%

Does the media prefer SENEA or LNDC?

In the previous week, Seneca Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Landec. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Seneca Foods and 0 mentions for Landec. Seneca Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Landec's score of 0.55 indicating that Seneca Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Seneca Foods	Positive
Landec	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SENEA or LNDC?

42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Landec shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Landec shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Seneca Foods beats Landec on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.