STKL vs. UVV, EWCZ, WALD, HAIN, CRESY, UNFI, TPB, NUS, LVRO, and OTLY
Should you be buying SunOpta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunOpta include Universal (UVV), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Waldencast (WALD), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), United Natural Foods (UNFI), Turning Point Brands (TPB), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), Lavoro (LVRO), and Oatly Group (OTLY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Universal (NYSE:UVV) and SunOpta (NASDAQ:STKL) 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, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
SunOpta has a consensus price target of $9.40, indicating a potential upside of 74.72%. Given Universal's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SunOpta is more favorable than Universal.
SunOpta received 355 more outperform votes than Universal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.85% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Universal an outperform vote.
Universal has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunOpta has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Universal had 10 more articles in the media than SunOpta. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Universal and 6 mentions for SunOpta. SunOpta's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Universal's score of 0.66 indicating that Universal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal has a net margin of 4.35% compared to Universal's net margin of -24.00%. SunOpta's return on equity of 8.81% beat Universal's return on equity.
Universal has higher revenue and earnings than SunOpta. SunOpta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.0% of Universal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of SunOpta shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Universal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of SunOpta shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Universal beats SunOpta on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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