Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) Vs. SAFM, FIZZ, LESL, BYND, OTLY, FRPT, JOBS, BRFS, HAIN, and SMPL
Should you be buying Matthews International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matthews International include Sanderson Farms (SAFM), National Beverage (FIZZ), Leslie's (LESL), Beyond Meat (BYND), Oatly Group (OTLY), Freshpet (FRPT), 51job (JOBS), BRF (BRFS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), and Simply Good Foods (SMPL). These companies are all part of the "specialized consumer services" industry.These companies are all part of the "nonferrous foundries (castings)" industry.These companies are all part of the "nonferrous foundries (castings)" industry.These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Matthews International vs.
Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) and National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Matthews International received 2 more outperform votes than National Beverage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave Matthews International an outperform vote while only 62.66% of users gave National Beverage an outperform vote.
National Beverage has a net margin of 15.33% compared to Matthews International's net margin of 0.17%. National Beverage's return on equity of 44.26% beat Matthews International's return on equity.
Matthews International currently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.64%. National Beverage has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.08%. Given Matthews International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Matthews International is more favorable than National Beverage.
In the previous week, Matthews International had 1 more articles in the media than National Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Matthews International and 0 mentions for National Beverage. Matthews International's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled National Beverage's average media sentiment score.
80.4% of Matthews International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.0% of National Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Matthews International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 75.0% of National Beverage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Matthews International has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Beverage has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
National Beverage has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Matthews International. National Beverage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Matthews International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Matthews International beats National Beverage on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MATW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) vs. Its Competitors
Matthews International Competitors List
