Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Vital Farms and Beyond Meat's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Vital Farms | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Beyond Meat | -6.97% | -4.49% | -3.56% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
31.3% of Vital Farms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of Beyond Meat shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Beyond Meat shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Vital Farms and Beyond Meat's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Vital Farms | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Beyond Meat | $297.90 million | 27.78 | $-12,440,000.00 | ($0.04) | -3,287.00 |
Vital Farms has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Beyond Meat.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Vital Farms and Beyond Meat, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Vital Farms | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2.43 |
Beyond Meat | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1.74 |
Vital Farms currently has a consensus target price of $36.7143, indicating a potential upside of 48.04%. Beyond Meat has a consensus target price of $121.1111, indicating a potential downside of 7.93%. Given Vital Farms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vital Farms is more favorable than Beyond Meat.
Summary
Vital Farms beats Beyond Meat on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.