FRPT vs. POST, INGR, KLG, LANC, FLO, BROS, RH, OLLI, NTCOY, and FIZZ
Should you be buying Freshpet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freshpet include Post (POST), Ingredion (INGR), WK Kellogg (KLG), Lancaster Colony (LANC), Flowers Foods (FLO), Dutch Bros (BROS), RH (RH), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), Natura &Co (NTCOY), and National Beverage (FIZZ).
Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Post has a net margin of 4.03% compared to Freshpet's net margin of -4.38%. Post's return on equity of 10.51% beat Freshpet's return on equity.
Freshpet currently has a consensus target price of $107.36, suggesting a potential upside of 2.49%. Post has a consensus target price of $109.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.82%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Post is more favorable than Freshpet.
Freshpet has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Post had 81 more articles in the media than Freshpet. MarketBeat recorded 86 mentions for Post and 5 mentions for Freshpet. Freshpet's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Post's score of -0.04 indicating that Freshpet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Post has higher revenue and earnings than Freshpet. Freshpet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Post, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.9% of Post shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Freshpet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Post shares are held by 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.
Freshpet received 52 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.42% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote.
Summary
Post beats Freshpet on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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