HAIN vs. CVGW, LWAY, BGS, FARM, MDLZ, HSY, GIS, K, TSN, and MKC
Should you be buying The Hain Celestial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hain Celestial Group include Calavo Growers (CVGW), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), B&G Foods (BGS), Farmer Bros. (FARM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Tyson Foods (TSN), and McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
The Hain Celestial Group vs. Its Competitors
Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
81.3% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of Calavo Growers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Calavo Growers 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 Calavo Growers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Hain Celestial Group received 497 more outperform votes than Calavo Growers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.42% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 60.65% of users gave Calavo Growers an outperform vote.
Calavo Growers presently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.15%. The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus target price of $3.64, indicating a potential upside of 115.01%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Calavo Growers.
In the previous week, Calavo Growers had 25 more articles in the media than The Hain Celestial Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Calavo Growers and 2 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Calavo Growers' score of 0.26 indicating that The Hain Celestial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Calavo Growers has a net margin of -0.16% compared to The Hain Celestial Group's net margin of -10.51%. Calavo Growers' return on equity of 9.66% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.
Calavo Growers has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Calavo Growers beats The Hain Celestial Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HAIN) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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