HAIN vs. MGPI, UNFI, CVGW, LWAY, BGS, FARM, MDLZ, HSY, GIS, and K
Should you be buying The Hain Celestial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hain Celestial Group include MGP Ingredients (MGPI), United Natural Foods (UNFI), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), B&G Foods (BGS), Farmer Brothers (FARM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), and Kellanova (K).
The Hain Celestial Group vs. Its Competitors
The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) and MGP Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
MGP Ingredients has a net margin of 1.66% compared to The Hain Celestial Group's net margin of -16.17%. MGP Ingredients' return on equity of 12.48% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, The Hain Celestial Group had 1 more articles in the media than MGP Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group and 1 mentions for MGP Ingredients. MGP Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat The Hain Celestial Group's score of 0.00 indicating that MGP Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.4% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGP Ingredients has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hain Celestial Group presently has a consensus target price of $3.64, suggesting a potential upside of 118.23%. MGP Ingredients has a consensus target price of $50.33, suggesting a potential upside of 44.57%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than MGP Ingredients.
MGP Ingredients has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MGP Ingredients, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MGP Ingredients beats The Hain Celestial Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:HAIN) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
