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NASDAQ:FRPT

Freshpet - FRPT Competitors

$64.78
+1.09 (+1.71%)
(As of 03/29/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$64.00
$65.75
50-Day Range
$54.65
$67.93
52-Week Range
$36.02
$118.77
Volume
602,850 shs
Average Volume
836,334 shs
Market Capitalization
$3.11 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$75.50

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PostOutperform Votes
408
67.55%
Underperform Votes
196
32.45%
FreshpetOutperform Votes
452
62.69%
Underperform Votes
269
37.31%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Post
1 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Freshpet
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Post
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Freshpet
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Post$5.85 billion0.91$756.60 million$13.966.47
Freshpet$595.34 million5.22-$59.49 million-$1.30-49.75

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Post 14.30% 5.36% 1.58%
Freshpet -9.99% -6.26% -5.51%

Summary

Post beats Freshpet on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FRPT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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FRPT vs. The Competition

MetricFreshpetGrain mill products IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.11B$12.64B$15.68B$5.88B
Dividend YieldN/A3.00%2.91%4.51%
P/E Ratio-49.756.9319.3811.80
Price / Sales5.221.87106.0356.91
Price / CashN/A12.1917.8222.50
Price / Book3.012.855.485.08
Net Income-$59.49M$692.27M$691.98M$191.35M
7 Day Performance4.22%2.27%1.14%1.18%
1 Month Performance4.00%-2.05%-3.54%-5.73%
1 Year Performance-36.32%0.31%-9.87%-18.52%

Freshpet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POST
Post
2.2241 of 5 stars
$86.75
-1.3%
$99.14
+14.3%
+38.0%$5.10B$5.85B6.2110,420
INGR
Ingredion
2.3245 of 5 stars
$97.80
-1.9%
$107.25
+9.7%
+16.1%$6.45B$7.95B13.3211,700
IBA
Industrias Bachoco
1.6962 of 5 stars
$59.44
-1.9%
$56.00
-5.8%
+35.7%$2.97B$5.07B9.6732,058Short Interest ↑
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TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
1.1588 of 5 stars
$43.74
-2.4%
N/A+26.8%$3.08B$681.44M40.962,300
NOMD
Nomad Foods
2.4753 of 5 stars
$17.79
-0.7%
$23.86
+34.1%
-13.4%$3.10B$3.10B11.867,535
JJSF
J&J Snack Foods
2.3469 of 5 stars
$143.85
-0.8%
$177.50
+23.4%
-2.1%$2.77B$1.38B64.805,000Positive News
TWNK
Hostess Brands
1.5033 of 5 stars
$24.16
-2.4%
$26.33
+9.0%
+15.0%$3.22B$1.36B20.302,800Positive News
CCU
Compañía Cervecerías Unidas
1.8205 of 5 stars
$14.63
-0.8%
$13.47
-8.0%
+1.7%$2.70B$2.97B20.049,346Short Interest ↓
THS
TreeHouse Foods
2.0646 of 5 stars
$47.45
-1.1%
$55.67
+17.3%
+57.7%$2.66B$3.45B-18.257,500
GO
Grocery Outlet
2.7286 of 5 stars
$27.16
-1.4%
$39.20
+44.3%
-12.3%$2.65B$3.58B41.79803Positive News
This page (NASDAQ:FRPT) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff