Lancaster Colony (LANC) Competitors

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) and Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, THS or LANC?

Lancaster Colony has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TreeHouse Foods. Lancaster Colony is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TreeHouse 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
TreeHouse Foods	$3.43B	0.56	$53.10M	$0.46	78.76
Lancaster Colony	$1.82B	2.81	$111.29M	$4.82	38.65

Is THS or LANC more profitable?

Lancaster Colony has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Lancaster Colony's net margin of 0.76%. TreeHouse Foods' return on equity of 18.96% beat Lancaster Colony's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods	0.76%	5.81%	2.32%
Lancaster Colony	7.10%	18.96%	14.80%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in THS or LANC?

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Lancaster Colony shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of Lancaster Colony shares are owned 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.

Do analysts recommend THS or LANC?

TreeHouse Foods presently has a consensus target price of $38.17, indicating a potential upside of 4.82%. Lancaster Colony has a consensus target price of $198.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.37%. Given TreeHouse Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lancaster Colony is more favorable than TreeHouse Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Lancaster Colony	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media refer more to THS or LANC?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Lancaster Colony. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 2 mentions for Lancaster Colony. Lancaster Colony's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.68 indicating that TreeHouse Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lancaster Colony	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, THS or LANC?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lancaster Colony has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer THS or LANC?

TreeHouse Foods received 102 more outperform votes than Lancaster Colony when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.64% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave Lancaster Colony an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 65.64%	Underperform Votes 256 34.36%
Lancaster Colony	Outperform Votes 387 63.24%	Underperform Votes 225 36.76%

Summary

Lancaster Colony beats TreeHouse Foods on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.