LWAY vs. LMNR, CSV, CBUS, SENEA, YSG, MED, ARKO, CVGW, PLIN, and MAMA
Should you be buying Lifeway Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifeway Foods include Limoneira (LMNR), Carriage Services (CSV), Cibus (CBUS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), Yatsen (YSG), Medifast (MED), Arko (ARKO), Calavo Growers (CVGW), China Xiangtai Food (PLIN), and Mama's Creations (MAMA). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY) and Limoneira (NASDAQ:LMNR) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Lifeway Foods received 10 more outperform votes than Limoneira when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.19% of users gave Lifeway Foods an outperform vote while only 62.42% of users gave Limoneira an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lifeway Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Limoneira. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lifeway Foods and 4 mentions for Limoneira. Limoneira's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Lifeway Foods' score of 0.27 indicating that Limoneira is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lifeway Foods has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Limoneira has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
36.4% of Lifeway Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.3% of Limoneira shares are held by institutional investors. 31.8% of Lifeway Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Limoneira shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lifeway Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Limoneira pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lifeway Foods pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Limoneira pays out -51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Limoneira is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lifeway Foods currently has a consensus price target of $19.50, indicating a potential downside of 23.83%. Limoneira has a consensus price target of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.85%. Given Limoneira's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Limoneira is more favorable than Lifeway Foods.
Lifeway Foods has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Limoneira's net margin of -5.40%. Lifeway Foods' return on equity of 20.92% beat Limoneira's return on equity.
Lifeway Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Limoneira. Limoneira is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lifeway Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lifeway Foods beats Limoneira on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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