POST vs. INGR, FRPT, KLG, CHWY, DAR, NYT, FLO, LANC, BROS, and COKE
Should you be buying Post stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Post include Ingredion (INGR), Freshpet (FRPT), WK Kellogg (KLG), Chewy (CHWY), Darling Ingredients (DAR), New York Times (NYT), Flowers Foods (FLO), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Dutch Bros (BROS), and Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Post received 42 more outperform votes than Ingredion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.42% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 57.01% of users gave Ingredion an outperform vote.
Ingredion has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Ingredion's net margin of 4.03%. Post's return on equity of 18.57% beat Ingredion's return on equity.
Ingredion currently has a consensus target price of $126.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.81%. Post has a consensus target price of $109.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.07%. Given Post's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ingredion is more favorable than Post.
85.3% of Ingredion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ingredion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Post shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Post had 91 more articles in the media than Ingredion. MarketBeat recorded 97 mentions for Post and 6 mentions for Ingredion. Post's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Ingredion's score of -0.16 indicating that Ingredion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingredion has higher revenue and earnings than Post. Ingredion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Post, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ingredion has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ingredion and Post tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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