MGP Ingredients (MGPI) Competitors

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) and MGP Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CENT or MGPI?

MGP Ingredients received 19 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.52% of users gave MGP Ingredients an outperform vote while only 59.95% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Garden & Pet	Outperform Votes 256 59.95%	Underperform Votes 171 40.05%
MGP Ingredients	Outperform Votes 275 61.52%	Underperform Votes 172 38.48%

Is CENT or MGPI more profitable?

MGP Ingredients has a net margin of 14.44% compared to Central Garden & Pet's net margin of 3.77%. MGP Ingredients' return on equity of 14.39% beat Central Garden & Pet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet	3.77%	10.08%	4.38%
MGP Ingredients	14.44%	14.39%	8.95%

Which has more risk and volatility, CENT or MGPI?

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGP Ingredients has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CENT or MGPI?

Central Garden & Pet presently has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.68%. MGP Ingredients has a consensus target price of $50.33, indicating a potential upside of 76.18%. Given MGP Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MGP Ingredients is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Central Garden & Pet	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
MGP Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media favor CENT or MGPI?

In the previous week, MGP Ingredients had 3 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MGP Ingredients and 2 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat MGP Ingredients' score of 0.94 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Central Garden & Pet	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MGP Ingredients	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CENT or MGPI?

16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CENT or MGPI?

Central Garden & Pet has higher revenue and earnings than MGP Ingredients. Central Garden & Pet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MGP Ingredients, 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
Central Garden & Pet	$3.16B	0.74	$107.98M	$1.87	18.98
MGP Ingredients	$654.72M	0.93	$107.47M	$0.45	63.49

Summary

MGP Ingredients beats Central Garden & Pet on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.