Amcon Distributing (DIT) Competitors

HF Foods Group (NASDAQ:HFFG) and Amcon Distributing (NASDAQ:DIT) 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 risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HFFG or DIT?

HF Foods Group received 11 more outperform votes than Amcon Distributing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.83% of users gave HF Foods Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Amcon Distributing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Foods Group	Outperform Votes 11 47.83%	Underperform Votes 12 52.17%
Amcon Distributing	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Is HFFG or DIT more profitable?

Amcon Distributing has a net margin of 0.13% compared to HF Foods Group's net margin of -0.16%. HF Foods Group's return on equity of 6.96% beat Amcon Distributing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Foods Group	-0.16%	6.96%	3.30%
Amcon Distributing	0.13%	3.27%	0.95%

Which has more risk and volatility, HFFG or DIT?

HF Foods Group has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amcon Distributing has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HFFG or DIT?

In the previous week, HF Foods Group had 4 more articles in the media than Amcon Distributing. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HF Foods Group and 0 mentions for Amcon Distributing. HF Foods Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Amcon Distributing's score of 0.00 indicating that HF Foods Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HF Foods Group	Positive
Amcon Distributing	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HFFG or DIT?

24.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.1% of Amcon Distributing shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.0% of Amcon Distributing shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HFFG or DIT?

Amcon Distributing has higher revenue and earnings than HF Foods Group. HF Foods Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amcon Distributing, 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	$1.20B	0.18	-$2.17M	-$0.93	-4.33
Amcon Distributing	$2.79B	0.03	$4.34M	$2.49	45.28

Do analysts rate HFFG or DIT?

HF Foods Group currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 73.70%. Given HF Foods Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe HF Foods Group is more favorable than Amcon Distributing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Foods Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Amcon Distributing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

HF Foods Group beats Amcon Distributing on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.