SunOpta (STKL) Competitors

SunOpta (NASDAQ:STKL) and Resideo Technologies (NYSE:REZI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer STKL or REZI?

SunOpta presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 76.91%. Resideo Technologies has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.93%. Given SunOpta's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe SunOpta is more favorable than Resideo Technologies.

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
Resideo Technologies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of STKL or REZI?

85.4% of SunOpta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Resideo Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of SunOpta shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Resideo Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is STKL or REZI more profitable?

Resideo Technologies has a net margin of 1.69% compared to SunOpta's net margin of -2.74%. Resideo Technologies' return on equity of 11.12% beat SunOpta's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SunOpta	-2.74%	7.92%	1.89%
Resideo Technologies	1.69%	11.12%	4.15%

Does the media favor STKL or REZI?

In the previous week, Resideo Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than SunOpta. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Resideo Technologies and 4 mentions for SunOpta. Resideo Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat SunOpta's score of 1.28 indicating that Resideo Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SunOpta	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Resideo Technologies	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, STKL or REZI?

Resideo Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than SunOpta. SunOpta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Resideo Technologies, 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	0.89	-$175.02M	-$0.15	-35.80
Resideo Technologies	$6.76B	0.40	$210M	$0.63	28.77

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in STKL or REZI?

SunOpta received 458 more outperform votes than Resideo Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.42% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 54.30% of users gave Resideo Technologies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SunOpta	Outperform Votes 540 67.42%	Underperform Votes 261 32.58%
Resideo Technologies	Outperform Votes 82 54.30%	Underperform Votes 69 45.70%

Which has more volatility & risk, STKL or REZI?

SunOpta has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Resideo Technologies has a beta of 2.32, meaning that its stock price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Resideo Technologies beats SunOpta on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.