LWAY vs. THS, SENEA, JBSS, CVGW, BGS, HAIN, FARM, MDLZ, HSY, and K
Should you be buying Lifeway Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifeway Foods include TreeHouse Foods (THS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Calavo Growers (CVGW), B&G Foods (BGS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Farmer Brothers (FARM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Hershey (HSY), and Kellanova (K). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Lifeway Foods vs. Its Competitors
Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY) and TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Lifeway Foods has a net margin of 5.49% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of 0.62%. Lifeway Foods' return on equity of 14.32% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.
Lifeway Foods currently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.67%. TreeHouse Foods has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.49%. Given Lifeway Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lifeway Foods is more favorable than TreeHouse Foods.
TreeHouse Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Lifeway Foods. Lifeway Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TreeHouse Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
36.4% of Lifeway Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.9% of Lifeway Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lifeway Foods has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lifeway Foods had 3 more articles in the media than TreeHouse Foods. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Lifeway Foods and 7 mentions for TreeHouse Foods. TreeHouse Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Lifeway Foods' score of 0.30 indicating that TreeHouse Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Lifeway Foods beats TreeHouse Foods 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:LWAY) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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