The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) Competitors

Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts rate SENEA or HAIN?

The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus target price of $4.39, indicating a potential upside of 125.07%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Seneca Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seneca Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
The Hain Celestial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SENEA or HAIN?

42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SENEA or HAIN more profitable?

Seneca Foods has a net margin of 2.49% compared to The Hain Celestial Group's net margin of -10.51%. Seneca Foods' return on equity of 9.71% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seneca Foods	2.49%	9.71%	4.23%
The Hain Celestial Group	-10.51%	2.88%	1.26%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SENEA or HAIN?

The Hain Celestial Group received 683 more outperform votes than Seneca Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.53% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave Seneca Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seneca Foods	Outperform Votes 130 59.09%	Underperform Votes 90 40.91%
The Hain Celestial Group	Outperform Votes 813 66.53%	Underperform Votes 409 33.47%

Which has more risk & volatility, SENEA or HAIN?

Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SENEA or HAIN?

In the previous week, The Hain Celestial Group had 1 more articles in the media than Seneca Foods. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group and 2 mentions for Seneca Foods. Seneca Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat The Hain Celestial Group's score of 1.20 indicating that Seneca Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Seneca Foods	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Hain Celestial Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SENEA or HAIN?

Seneca Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seneca Foods, 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
Seneca Foods	$1.54B	0.41	$63.32M	$5.48	16.66
The Hain Celestial Group	$1.62B	0.11	-$75.04M	-$2.89	-0.67

Summary

Seneca Foods and The Hain Celestial Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.