PPC vs. POST, TSN, CHD, LWAY, BRCC, LFVN, NAII, YGF, TTCF, and BRLSW
Should you be buying Pilgrim's Pride stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pilgrim's Pride include Post (POST), Tyson Foods (TSN), Church & Dwight (CHD), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), BRC (BRCC), LifeVantage (LFVN), Natural Alternatives International (NAII), YanGuFang International Group (YGF), Tattooed Chef (TTCF), and Borealis Foods (BRLSW).
Post (NYSE:POST) and Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Post shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Post had 71 more articles in the media than Pilgrim's Pride. MarketBeat recorded 85 mentions for Post and 14 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride. Post's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Pilgrim's Pride's score of -0.04 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pilgrim's Pride has higher revenue and earnings than Post. Post is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pilgrim's Pride, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Post currently has a consensus price target of $109.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.82%. Pilgrim's Pride has a consensus price target of $37.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.50%. Given Pilgrim's Pride's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.
Post has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Post received 70 more outperform votes than Pilgrim's Pride when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.42% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote.
Post has a net margin of 4.03% compared to Post's net margin of 1.85%. Post's return on equity of 12.90% beat Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity.
Summary
Post beats Pilgrim's Pride on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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