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Seneca Foods (SENEA) Competitors

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SENEA vs. TR, 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 Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), 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

Tootsie Roll Industries (NYSE:TR) and Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Tootsie Roll Industries has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

14.3% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 60.9% of Tootsie Roll Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Seneca Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Tootsie Roll Industries has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Seneca Foods' net margin of 2.61%. Seneca Foods' return on equity of 11.03% beat Tootsie Roll Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tootsie Roll Industries12.53% 10.29% 7.85%
Seneca Foods 2.61%11.03%5.10%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tootsie Roll Industries$715.53M3.81$86.83M$1.2230.65
Seneca Foods$1.58B0.45$41.22M$5.8917.61

In the previous week, Seneca Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Tootsie Roll Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Seneca Foods and 4 mentions for Tootsie Roll Industries. Tootsie Roll Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Seneca Foods' score of 0.30 indicating that Tootsie Roll Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tootsie Roll Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Seneca Foods
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Tootsie Roll Industries beats Seneca Foods on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SENEA vs. The Competition

MetricSeneca FoodsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$708.88M$8.36B$16.09B$9.35B
Dividend YieldN/A3.54%3.19%4.09%
P/E Ratio17.4725.6319.7819.83
Price / Sales0.451.7445.76106.18
Price / Cash6.1612.5414.5857.53
Price / Book1.133.546.065.72
Net Income$41.22M$411.09M$691.68M$257.51M
7 Day Performance2.11%0.19%-0.53%0.59%
1 Month Performance14.83%-0.12%2.40%10.74%
1 Year Performance63.13%-3.31%4.23%15.87%

Seneca Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.0132 of 5 stars
$103.74
+1.4%
N/A+64.8%$708.88M$1.58B17.472,885News Coverage
TR
Tootsie Roll Industries
0.4393 of 5 stars
$35.67
+0.6%
N/A+19.9%$2.59B$715.53M29.222,300Upcoming Earnings
JJSF
J & J Snack Foods
3.4247 of 5 stars
$116.37
-1.6%
$142.50
+22.5%
-29.9%$2.30B$1.57B29.845,000
THS
TreeHouse Foods
4.2244 of 5 stars
$20.63
-1.3%
$27.83
+34.9%
-49.1%$1.06B$3.35B158.707,400News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
3.3029 of 5 stars
$65.37
-1.1%
N/A-31.4%$777.37M$1.07B13.791,800News Coverage
Dividend Cut
CVGW
Calavo Growers
4.118 of 5 stars
$26.71
-2.8%
$35.00
+31.0%
+10.4%$490.34M$661.54M46.052,106Positive News
LWAY
Lifeway Foods
0.4051 of 5 stars
$24.94
-2.3%
$25.00
+0.2%
+92.3%$388.29M$186.82M37.79280
BGS
B&G Foods
3.5195 of 5 stars
$4.18
-7.3%
$7.30
+74.6%
-51.0%$359.89M$1.88B-1.572,784Analyst Forecast
HAIN
The Hain Celestial Group
4.7918 of 5 stars
$1.59
-4.2%
$3.64
+129.2%
-78.9%$149.82M$1.74B-0.552,786
FARM
Farmer Brothers
4.5038 of 5 stars
$1.47
+0.7%
$4.50
+206.1%
-49.1%$31.47M$341.09M-2.161,003
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.3433 of 5 stars
$68.82
-0.2%
$70.63
+2.6%
+2.5%$89.33B$36.44B25.5890,000Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:SENEA) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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