Lassonde Industries (LAS.A) Competitors

Lassonde Industries (TSE:LAS.A) and High Liner Foods (TSE:HLF) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, LAS.A or HLF?

Lassonde Industries has a beta of -0.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Liner Foods has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LAS.A or HLF a better dividend stock?

Lassonde Industries pays an annual dividend of C$4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. High Liner Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Lassonde Industries pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. High Liner Foods pays out 47.2% 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.

Do analysts rate LAS.A or HLF?

Lassonde Industries currently has a consensus price target of C$178.50, indicating a potential upside of 18.49%. High Liner Foods has a consensus price target of C$15.42, indicating a potential upside of 19.60%. Given High Liner Foods' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe High Liner Foods is more favorable than Lassonde Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lassonde Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
High Liner Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is LAS.A or HLF more profitable?

Lassonde Industries has a net margin of 3.78% compared to High Liner Foods' net margin of 2.93%. Lassonde Industries' return on equity of 9.13% beat High Liner Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lassonde Industries	3.78%	9.13%	5.18%
High Liner Foods	2.93%	8.34%	4.65%

Does the media prefer LAS.A or HLF?

In the previous week, High Liner Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Lassonde Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for High Liner Foods and 5 mentions for Lassonde Industries. High Liner Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Lassonde Industries' score of 0.40 indicating that High Liner Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lassonde Industries	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
High Liner Foods	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LAS.A or HLF?

43.9% of Lassonde Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of High Liner Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Lassonde Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.2% of High Liner Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LAS.A or HLF?

High Liner Foods received 53 more outperform votes than Lassonde Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.98% of users gave Lassonde Industries an outperform vote while only 50.72% of users gave High Liner Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lassonde Industries	Outperform Votes 192 65.98%	Underperform Votes 99 34.02%
High Liner Foods	Outperform Votes 245 50.72%	Underperform Votes 238 49.28%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LAS.A or HLF?

Lassonde Industries has higher revenue and earnings than High Liner Foods. High Liner Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lassonde Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lassonde Industries	C$2.31B	0.20	C$87.53M	C$12.83	11.74
High Liner Foods	C$1.08B	0.37	C$31.68M	C$1.27	10.19

Summary

Lassonde Industries beats High Liner Foods on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.