STKL vs. YSG, UVV, MGPI, TTCF, BRLSW, SNAXW, WESTW, FREEW, IH, and DTCK
Should you be buying SunOpta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunOpta include Yatsen (YSG), Universal (UVV), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), Tattooed Chef (TTCF), Borealis Foods (BRLSW), Stryve Foods (SNAXW), Westrock Coffee (WESTW), Whole Earth Brands (FREEW), iHuman (IH), and Davis Commodities (DTCK).
Yatsen (NYSE:YSG) and SunOpta (NASDAQ:STKL) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Yatsen has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SunOpta. Yatsen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SunOpta, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Yatsen has a net margin of -21.70% compared to Yatsen's net margin of -22.85%. Yatsen's return on equity of 4.05% beat SunOpta's return on equity.
SunOpta has a consensus target price of $9.40, suggesting a potential upside of 67.56%. Given Yatsen's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SunOpta is more favorable than Yatsen.
85.4% of SunOpta shares are held by institutional investors. 29.0% of Yatsen shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of SunOpta 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.
Yatsen has a beta of -2.73, meaning that its stock price is 373% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunOpta has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, SunOpta had 2 more articles in the media than Yatsen. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SunOpta and 2 mentions for Yatsen. SunOpta's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Yatsen's score of 0.18 indicating that Yatsen is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SunOpta received 529 more outperform votes than Yatsen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.02% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Yatsen an outperform vote.
Summary
SunOpta beats Yatsen on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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