SunOpta (STKL) Competitors

SunOpta (NASDAQ:STKL) and Global Partners (NYSE:GLP) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in STKL or GLP?

85.4% of SunOpta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Global Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of SunOpta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of Global Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, STKL or GLP?

Global Partners has higher revenue and earnings than SunOpta. SunOpta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Partners, 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
SunOpta	$723.73M	0.70	-$175.02M	-$0.15	-28.27
Global Partners	$17.16B	0.10	$142.60M	$2.42	21.17

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STKL or GLP?

SunOpta received 253 more outperform votes than Global Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.42% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 55.62% of users gave Global Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SunOpta	Outperform Votes 540 67.42%	Underperform Votes 261 32.58%
Global Partners	Outperform Votes 287 55.62%	Underperform Votes 229 44.38%

Do analysts rate STKL or GLP?

SunOpta currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 124.06%. Global Partners has a consensus target price of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.31%. Given SunOpta's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe SunOpta is more favorable than Global Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SunOpta	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Global Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is STKL or GLP more profitable?

Global Partners has a net margin of 0.82% compared to SunOpta's net margin of -2.74%. Global Partners' return on equity of 22.07% beat SunOpta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SunOpta	-2.74%	7.92%	1.89%
Global Partners	0.82%	22.07%	3.94%

Which has more volatility and risk, STKL or GLP?

SunOpta has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Partners has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor STKL or GLP?

In the previous week, Global Partners had 5 more articles in the media than SunOpta. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Global Partners and 2 mentions for SunOpta. SunOpta's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Global Partners' score of 1.11 indicating that SunOpta is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SunOpta	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Global Partners	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SunOpta and Global Partners tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.