FRPT vs. POST, INGR, IBA, TR, NOMD, JJSF, TWNK, CCU, THS, and GO
Should you be buying Freshpet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freshpet include Post (POST), Ingredion (INGR), Industrias Bachoco (IBA), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), Nomad Foods (NOMD), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Hostess Brands (TWNK), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), TreeHouse Foods (THS), and Grocery Outlet (GO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Freshpet vs.
Post (NYSE:POST) and Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Freshpet received 44 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.55% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 62.69% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Post had 8 more articles in the media than Freshpet. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Post and 4 mentions for Freshpet. Freshpet's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Post's score of -0.14 indicating that Freshpet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.4% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Post shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Freshpet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Post presently has a consensus price target of $99.14, suggesting a potential upside of 9.79%. Freshpet has a consensus price target of $75.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.75%. Given Freshpet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Freshpet is more favorable than Post.
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.
Post has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freshpet has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Post has a net margin of 14.30% compared to Freshpet's net margin of -9.99%. Post's return on equity of 5.36% beat Freshpet's return on equity.
Summary
Post beats Freshpet on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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