LESL vs. BIOX, MATW, AVO, BGS, STKL, WEST, LVRO, EWCZ, OLPX, and NUS
Should you be buying Leslie's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leslie's include Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Matthews International (MATW), Mission Produce (AVO), B&G Foods (BGS), SunOpta (STKL), Westrock Coffee (WEST), Lavoro (LVRO), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Olaplex (OLPX), and Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Leslie's (NASDAQ:LESL) and Bioceres Crop Solutions (NASDAQ:BIOX) 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 earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Bioceres Crop Solutions has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Leslie's' net margin of 1.25%. Bioceres Crop Solutions' return on equity of 5.96% beat Leslie's' return on equity.
Leslie's received 25 more outperform votes than Bioceres Crop Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Bioceres Crop Solutions an outperform vote while only 41.75% of users gave Leslie's an outperform vote.
Leslie's presently has a consensus price target of $6.37, suggesting a potential upside of 59.57%. Bioceres Crop Solutions has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 90.40%. Given Bioceres Crop Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bioceres Crop Solutions is more favorable than Leslie's.
Leslie's has higher revenue and earnings than Bioceres Crop Solutions. Bioceres Crop Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leslie's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
17.7% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Leslie's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Bioceres Crop Solutions shares are owned by 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.
Leslie's has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bioceres Crop Solutions has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Leslie's had 18 more articles in the media than Bioceres Crop Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Leslie's and 1 mentions for Bioceres Crop Solutions. Leslie's' average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Bioceres Crop Solutions' score of 0.00 indicating that Leslie's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Leslie's and Bioceres Crop Solutions tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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