Cadiz (CDZI) Competitors

HF Foods Group (NASDAQ:HFFG) and Cadiz (NASDAQ:CDZI) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HFFG or CDZI?

HF Foods Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cadiz. HF Foods Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cadiz, 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
HF Foods Group	$1.17B	0.19	$460K	-$0.26	-16.12
Cadiz	$1.50M	137.20	-$24.79M	-$0.62	-4.98

Does the media refer more to HFFG or CDZI?

In the previous week, Cadiz had 2 more articles in the media than HF Foods Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cadiz and 0 mentions for HF Foods Group. HF Foods Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Cadiz's score of 0.00 indicating that Cadiz is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HF Foods Group	Neutral
Cadiz	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HFFG or CDZI?

27.4% of HF Foods Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of Cadiz shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of HF Foods Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Cadiz shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, HFFG or CDZI?

HF Foods Group has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cadiz has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HFFG or CDZI?

Cadiz received 203 more outperform votes than HF Foods Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.52% of users gave Cadiz an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave HF Foods Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Foods Group	Outperform Votes 9 42.86%	Underperform Votes 12 57.14%
Cadiz	Outperform Votes 212 67.52%	Underperform Votes 102 32.48%

Do analysts rate HFFG or CDZI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Foods Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cadiz	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is HFFG or CDZI more profitable?

HF Foods Group has a net margin of -1.19% compared to HF Foods Group's net margin of -1,483.52%. Cadiz's return on equity of -0.77% beat HF Foods Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Foods Group	-1.19%	-0.77%	-0.36%
Cadiz	-1,483.52%	-69.78%	-27.05%

Summary

HF Foods Group beats Cadiz on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.