PTL (PTLE) Competitors

HF Foods Group (NASDAQ:HFFG) and PTL (NASDAQ:PTLE) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HFFG or PTLE?

HF Foods Group received 11 more outperform votes than PTL when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Foods Group	Outperform Votes 11 47.83%	Underperform Votes 12 52.17%
PTL	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend HFFG or PTLE?

HF Foods Group currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.87%. Given HF Foods Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe HF Foods Group is more favorable than PTL.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Foods Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PTL	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is HFFG or PTLE more profitable?

PTL has a net margin of 0.00% compared to HF Foods Group's net margin of -0.16%. HF Foods Group's return on equity of 6.96% beat PTL's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Foods Group	-0.16%	6.96%	3.30%
PTL	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HFFG or PTLE?

24.0% of HF Foods Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of HF Foods Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, HFFG or PTLE?

PTL has lower revenue, but higher earnings than HF Foods Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Foods Group	$1.20B	0.18	-$2.17M	-$0.93	-4.51
PTL	$108.13M	0.49	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to HFFG or PTLE?

In the previous week, HF Foods Group had 4 more articles in the media than PTL. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for HF Foods Group and 0 mentions for PTL. HF Foods Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat PTL's score of 0.00 indicating that HF Foods Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HF Foods Group	Positive
PTL	Neutral

Summary

HF Foods Group beats PTL on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.