Seneca Foods (SENEA) Competitors

Yatsen (NYSE:YSG) and Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YSG or SENEA?

Seneca Foods received 121 more outperform votes than Yatsen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Seneca Foods an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Yatsen an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yatsen	Outperform Votes 8 36.36%	Underperform Votes 14 63.64%
Seneca Foods	Outperform Votes 129 60.00%	Underperform Votes 86 40.00%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of YSG or SENEA?

42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Yatsen shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by company 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 YSG or SENEA more profitable?

Seneca Foods has a net margin of 3.81% compared to Seneca Foods' net margin of -21.70%. Yatsen's return on equity of 14.48% beat Seneca Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yatsen	-21.70%	-7.97%	-6.48%
Seneca Foods	3.81%	14.48%	6.04%

Which has more volatility & risk, YSG or SENEA?

Yatsen has a beta of -2.19, meaning that its stock price is 319% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to YSG or SENEA?

In the previous week, Seneca Foods had 10 more articles in the media than Yatsen. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Seneca Foods and 0 mentions for Yatsen. Seneca Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Yatsen's score of 0.20 indicating that Yatsen is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Yatsen	Neutral
Seneca Foods	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, YSG or SENEA?

Seneca Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Yatsen. Yatsen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seneca Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yatsen	$480.96M	0.82	-$104.90M	-$1.00	-3.68
Seneca Foods	$1.51B	0.27	$9.23M	$7.55	7.60

Do analysts rate YSG or SENEA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yatsen	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Seneca Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Seneca Foods beats Yatsen on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.