China Xiangtai Food (PLIN) Competitors $0.39 0.00 (-1.06%) As of 07/31/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsHeadlinesSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock PLIN vs. HAIN, MED, HFFG, VFF, PRPL, LESL, VGII, DALN, BRID, and ABVEShould you be buying China Xiangtai Food stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of China Xiangtai Food include The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), MEDIFAST (MED), Hf Foods Group (HFFG), Village Farms International (VFF), Purple Innovation (PRPL), Leslie's (LESL), Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II (VGII), DallasNews (DALN), Bridgford Foods (BRID), and Above Food Ingredients (ABVE). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector. China Xiangtai Food vs. Its Competitors The Hain Celestial Group MEDIFAST Hf Foods Group Village Farms International Purple Innovation Leslie's Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II DallasNews Bridgford Foods Above Food Ingredients China Xiangtai Food (NASDAQ:PLIN) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk. Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PLIN or HAIN? China Xiangtai Food has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Hain Celestial Group. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioChina Xiangtai Food$80.50M0.28-$45.61MN/AN/AThe Hain Celestial Group$1.74B0.08-$75.04M-$2.89-0.53 Is PLIN or HAIN more profitable? China Xiangtai Food has a net margin of 0.00% compared to The Hain Celestial Group's net margin of -16.17%. The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity of 2.47% beat China Xiangtai Food's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets China Xiangtai FoodN/A N/A N/A The Hain Celestial Group -16.17%2.47%1.05% Which has more risk & volatility, PLIN or HAIN? China Xiangtai Food has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PLIN or HAIN? 1.5% of China Xiangtai Food shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer PLIN or HAIN? In the previous week, The Hain Celestial Group had 8 more articles in the media than China Xiangtai Food. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group and 0 mentions for China Xiangtai Food. The Hain Celestial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat China Xiangtai Food's score of 0.00 indicating that The Hain Celestial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment China Xiangtai Food Neutral The Hain Celestial Group Positive Do analysts prefer PLIN or HAIN? The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus target price of $3.59, suggesting a potential upside of 133.04%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than China Xiangtai Food.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score China Xiangtai Food 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00The Hain Celestial Group 0 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.10 SummaryThe Hain Celestial Group beats China Xiangtai Food on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Get China Xiangtai Food News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PLIN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PLIN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PLIN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChina Xiangtai FoodMeat Packing Plants IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$67.27M$67.27M$15.75B$9.51BDividend YieldN/AN/A3.20%4.09%P/E RatioN/AN/A18.5223.80Price / Sales0.280.2845.8566.58Price / CashN/AN/A14.5057.96Price / Book-9.78N/A5.885.55Net Income-$45.61M-$45.61M$690.35M$259.03M7 Day Performance-24.66%-24.66%-5.09%-4.59%1 Month Performance150.80%150.80%-3.51%4.46%1 Year Performance-76.73%-76.73%0.01%18.03% China Xiangtai Food Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PLINChina Xiangtai FoodN/A$0.39-1.1%N/A-76.7%$67.27M$80.50M0.00154Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeHAINThe Hain Celestial Group4.7728 of 5 stars$1.82+7.4%$3.64+100.8%-79.8%$162.91M$1.62B-0.622,786News CoverageMEDMEDIFAST3.5239 of 5 stars$14.57+5.6%$16.50+13.3%-36.6%$159.96M$602.46M-22.39870News CoverageUpcoming EarningsHFFGHf Foods Group3.0653 of 5 stars$2.99-0.3%$7.00+134.1%-23.1%$158.50M$1.20B-3.221,041VFFVillage Farms International2.7654 of 5 stars$1.39+0.4%N/A+38.7%$155.59M$335.18M-3.851,400Positive NewsPRPLPurple Innovation2.7735 of 5 stars$0.85+10.8%$1.25+47.4%-38.2%$90.91M$472.02M-1.361,200News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst RevisionLESLLeslie's3.3191 of 5 stars$0.47+14.7%$1.71+262.1%-86.5%$87.04M$1.33B-1.953,850Trending NewsUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionVGIIVirgin Group Acquisition Corp. IIN/A$1.46-1.4%N/A+5.8%$73.46MN/A0.00N/ADALNDallasNews0.7945 of 5 stars$13.69-0.2%N/A+228.0%$73.16M$125.39M2.46660Earnings ReportBRIDBridgford Foods0.895 of 5 stars$7.71+2.8%N/A-18.7%$69.85M$224.67M-9.38700Positive NewsABVEAbove Food IngredientsN/A$2.33-3.7%N/A+24.6%$63.82M$273.06M0.00N/ANews Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HAIN Competitors MED Competitors HFFG Competitors VFF Competitors PRPL Competitors LESL Competitors VGII Competitors DALN Competitors BRID Competitors ABVE Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PLIN) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredElon’s BIGGEST warning yet?Tesla's About to Prove Everyone Wrong... 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