SENEA vs. FLO, JJSF, THS, JBSS, CVGW, LWAY, BGS, HAIN, FARM, and MDLZ
Should you be buying Seneca Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seneca Foods include Flowers Foods (FLO), J & J Snack Foods (JJSF), TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), B&G Foods (BGS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Farmer Brothers (FARM), and Mondelez International (MDLZ). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Seneca Foods vs. Its Competitors
Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) and Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and risk.
Flowers Foods has a net margin of 4.30% compared to Seneca Foods' net margin of 2.76%. Flowers Foods' return on equity of 17.85% beat Seneca Foods' return on equity.
Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Flowers Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Seneca Foods. Flowers Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seneca Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Flowers Foods currently has a consensus price target of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.60%. Given Flowers Foods' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Flowers Foods is more favorable than Seneca Foods.
75.5% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Flowers Foods had 3 more articles in the media than Seneca Foods. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Flowers Foods and 4 mentions for Seneca Foods. Seneca Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.65 indicating that Seneca Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Flowers Foods beats Seneca Foods on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:SENEA) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
