Andersons (ANDE) Competitors

Andersons (NASDAQ:ANDE) and Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Is ANDE or HWKN more profitable?

Hawkins has a net margin of 8.37% compared to Andersons' net margin of 0.70%. Hawkins' return on equity of 18.35% beat Andersons' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Andersons	0.70%	5.28%	2.26%
Hawkins	8.37%	18.35%	10.73%

Do analysts prefer ANDE or HWKN?

Andersons presently has a consensus price target of $51.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.32%. Hawkins has a consensus price target of $162.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.89%. Given Andersons' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Andersons is more favorable than Hawkins.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Andersons	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Hawkins	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, ANDE or HWKN?

Andersons has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawkins has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ANDE or HWKN?

87.1% of Andersons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Hawkins shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Andersons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Hawkins shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ANDE or HWKN a better dividend stock?

Andersons pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Andersons pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hawkins pays out 18.7% 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. Andersons has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years and Hawkins has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Andersons is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer ANDE or HWKN?

In the previous week, Hawkins had 10 more articles in the media than Andersons. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Hawkins and 5 mentions for Andersons. Hawkins' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Andersons' score of 1.07 indicating that Hawkins is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Andersons	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hawkins	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, ANDE or HWKN?

Andersons has higher revenue and earnings than Hawkins. Andersons is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, 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
Andersons	$11.26B	0.12	$114.01M	$2.35	17.40
Hawkins	$974.43M	3.59	$84.35M	$4.06	41.21

Summary

Hawkins beats Andersons on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.