CDZI vs. HFFG, ALCO, LMNR, PRPL, MAMA, LWAY, FREE, SV, VGII, and OPA
Should you be buying Cadiz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cadiz include HF Foods Group (HFFG), Alico (ALCO), Limoneira (LMNR), Purple Innovation (PRPL), Mama's Creations (MAMA), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), Whole Earth Brands (FREE), Spring Valley Acquisition (SV), Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II (VGII), and Magnum Opus Acquisition (OPA). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
HF Foods Group beats Cadiz on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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