SOY vs. JWEL, HLF, MFI, PBH, RSI, LAS.A, CSW.A, NWC, PRMW, and BU
Should you be buying SunOpta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunOpta include Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), High Liner Foods (HLF), Maple Leaf Foods (MFI), Premium Brands (PBH), Rogers Sugar (RSI), Lassonde Industries (LAS.A), Corby Spirit and Wine (CSW.A), North West (NWC), Primo Water (PRMW), and Burcon NutraScience (BU). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Jamieson Wellness (TSE:JWEL) and SunOpta (TSE:SOY) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Jamieson Wellness and Jamieson Wellness both had 1 articles in the media. SunOpta's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Jamieson Wellness' score of 0.21 indicating that Jamieson Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jamieson Wellness received 42 more outperform votes than SunOpta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.31% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 64.82% of users gave Jamieson Wellness an outperform vote.
Jamieson Wellness has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunOpta has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Jamieson Wellness has higher revenue and earnings than SunOpta. SunOpta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jamieson Wellness, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
57.8% of Jamieson Wellness shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.5% of SunOpta shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Jamieson Wellness shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of SunOpta shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Jamieson Wellness has a net margin of 7.08% compared to Jamieson Wellness' net margin of -27.77%. SunOpta's return on equity of 10.09% beat Jamieson Wellness' return on equity.
Jamieson Wellness presently has a consensus price target of C$35.47, suggesting a potential upside of 37.12%. Given SunOpta's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Jamieson Wellness is more favorable than SunOpta.
Summary
Jamieson Wellness beats SunOpta on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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