China Xiangtai Food (PLIN) Competitors

China Xiangtai Food (NASDAQ:PLIN) and Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor PLIN or HRL?

In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 14 more articles in the media than China Xiangtai Food. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hormel Foods and 0 mentions for China Xiangtai Food. Hormel Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat China Xiangtai Food's score of 0.00 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
China Xiangtai Food	Neutral
Hormel Foods	Positive

Do analysts recommend PLIN or HRL?

Hormel Foods has a consensus price target of $32.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.28%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hormel Foods 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)	0.00
Hormel Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLIN or HRL?

Hormel Foods received 429 more outperform votes than China Xiangtai Food when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave China Xiangtai Food an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
China Xiangtai Food	Outperform Votes 22 66.67%	Underperform Votes 11 33.33%
Hormel Foods	Outperform Votes 451 57.31%	Underperform Votes 336 42.69%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PLIN or HRL?

Hormel Foods has higher revenue and earnings than China Xiangtai Food.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Xiangtai Food	$80.50M	0.11	-$45.61M	N/A	N/A
Hormel Foods	$11.91B	1.35	$805.04M	$1.37	21.40

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PLIN or HRL?

1.5% of China Xiangtai Food shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PLIN or HRL more profitable?

Hormel Foods has a net margin of 6.75% compared to China Xiangtai Food's net margin of 0.00%. Hormel Foods' return on equity of 10.95% beat China Xiangtai Food's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Xiangtai Food	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hormel Foods	6.75%	10.95%	6.39%

Which has more volatility & risk, PLIN or HRL?

China Xiangtai Food has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hormel Foods beats China Xiangtai Food on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.