HF Foods Group (HFFG) Competitors

HF Foods Group (NASDAQ:HFFG) and Ryerson (NYSE:RYI) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HFFG or RYI?

Ryerson has higher revenue and earnings than HF Foods Group. Ryerson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HF Foods Group, 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
HF Foods Group	$1.20B	0.17	-$2.17M	-$0.91	-4.18
Ryerson	$4.60B	0.14	$145.70M	-$0.26	-76.78

Which has more risk & volatility, HFFG or RYI?

HF Foods Group has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryerson has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HFFG or RYI?

Ryerson has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.23%. Given Ryerson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ryerson is more favorable than HF Foods Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Foods Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ryerson	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to HFFG or RYI?

In the previous week, Ryerson had 8 more articles in the media than HF Foods Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ryerson and 1 mentions for HF Foods Group. HF Foods Group's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Ryerson's score of 0.73 indicating that HF Foods Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HF Foods Group	Very Positive
Ryerson	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HFFG or RYI?

24.0% of HF Foods Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ryerson shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of HF Foods Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Ryerson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HFFG or RYI more profitable?

HF Foods Group has a net margin of -0.16% compared to Ryerson's net margin of -0.19%. HF Foods Group's return on equity of 6.96% beat Ryerson's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Foods Group	-0.16%	6.96%	3.30%
Ryerson	-0.19%	-0.70%	-0.23%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HFFG or RYI?

Ryerson received 255 more outperform votes than HF Foods Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.02% of users gave Ryerson an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave HF Foods Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Foods Group	Outperform Votes 9 42.86%	Underperform Votes 12 57.14%
Ryerson	Outperform Votes 264 58.02%	Underperform Votes 191 41.98%

Summary

Ryerson beats HF Foods Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.