The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for The Hain Celestial Group and Beyond Meat, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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The Hain Celestial Group | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2.67 |
Beyond Meat | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1.67 |
The Hain Celestial Group currently has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.01%. Beyond Meat has a consensus target price of $117.2353, indicating a potential downside of 14.06%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Beyond Meat.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
98.3% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares The Hain Celestial Group and Beyond Meat's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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The Hain Celestial Group | 1.31% | 7.27% | 4.77% |
Beyond Meat | -6.97% | -4.49% | -3.56% |
Risk & Volatility
The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond Meat has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares The Hain Celestial Group and Beyond Meat's top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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The Hain Celestial Group | $2.05 billion | 2.04 | $-80,410,000.00 | $0.84 | 49.93 |
Beyond Meat | $297.90 million | 28.82 | $-12,440,000.00 | ($0.04) | -3,410.50 |
Beyond Meat has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Hain Celestial Group. Beyond Meat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hain Celestial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Hain Celestial Group beats Beyond Meat on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.