LESL vs. BGS, NAPA, BRCC, WEST, MATW, AVO, OLPX, BIOX, SCHL, and OTLY
Should you be buying Leslie's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leslie's include B&G Foods (BGS), Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA), BRC (BRCC), Westrock Coffee (WEST), Matthews International (MATW), Mission Produce (AVO), Olaplex (OLPX), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Scholastic (SCHL), and Oatly Group (OTLY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) and Leslie's (NASDAQ:LESL) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Leslie's has a net margin of 1.06% compared to Leslie's' net margin of -5.42%. Leslie's' return on equity of 8.33% beat B&G Foods' return on equity.
Leslie's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than B&G Foods. B&G Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leslie's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
B&G Foods received 311 more outperform votes than Leslie's when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.88% of users gave B&G Foods an outperform vote while only 40.57% of users gave Leslie's an outperform vote.
B&G Foods has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leslie's has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
66.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Leslie's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
B&G Foods presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.20%. Leslie's has a consensus price target of $6.26, indicating a potential upside of 11.31%. Given B&G Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Leslie's is more favorable than B&G Foods.
In the previous week, Leslie's had 23 more articles in the media than B&G Foods. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Leslie's and 24 mentions for B&G Foods. B&G Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Leslie's' score of -0.08 indicating that Leslie's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Leslie's beats B&G Foods on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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