Alkaline Water (WTER) Competitors

HF Foods Group (NASDAQ:HFFG) and Alkaline Water (NASDAQ:WTER) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is HFFG or WTER more profitable?

HF Foods Group has a net margin of 0.27% compared to HF Foods Group's net margin of 0.00%. Alkaline Water's return on equity of 7.62% beat HF Foods Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Foods Group	0.27%	7.62%	3.63%
Alkaline Water	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend HFFG or WTER?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Foods Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Alkaline Water	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HFFG or WTER?

HF Foods Group received 2 more outperform votes than Alkaline Water when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Alkaline Water an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave HF Foods Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Foods Group	Outperform Votes 9 42.86%	Underperform Votes 12 57.14%
Alkaline Water	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has more risk and volatility, HFFG or WTER?

HF Foods Group has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alkaline Water has a beta of 4.7, meaning that its stock price is 370% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, HFFG or WTER?

HF Foods Group has higher revenue and earnings than Alkaline Water.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Foods Group	$1.15B	0.14	-$2.17M	$0.05	59.40
Alkaline Water	$62.39M	0.00	-$27.41M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to HFFG or WTER?

In the previous week, HF Foods Group had 2 more articles in the media than Alkaline Water. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HF Foods Group and 1 mentions for Alkaline Water. HF Foods Group's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Alkaline Water's score of 0.31 indicating that Alkaline Water is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HF Foods Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alkaline Water	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HFFG or WTER?

24.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Alkaline Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Alkaline Water shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

HF Foods Group beats Alkaline Water on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.