BGS vs. MED, THS, SENEA, JBSS, CVGW, LWAY, HAIN, FARM, MDLZ, and HSY
Should you be buying B&G Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B&G Foods include Medifast (MED), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Farmer Brothers (FARM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), and Hershey (HSY).
B&G Foods vs. Its Competitors
Medifast (NYSE:MED) and B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Medifast presently has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.17%. B&G Foods has a consensus target price of $6.10, suggesting a potential upside of 31.75%. Given B&G Foods' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe B&G Foods is more favorable than Medifast.
95.5% of Medifast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Medifast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Medifast has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&G Foods has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Medifast has a net margin of 0.76% compared to B&G Foods' net margin of -12.02%. B&G Foods' return on equity of 7.16% beat Medifast's return on equity.
Medifast pays an annual dividend of $6.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 45.3%. B&G Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. Medifast pays out 2,062.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. B&G Foods pays out -26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, B&G Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for B&G Foods and 3 mentions for Medifast. B&G Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Medifast's score of 0.82 indicating that B&G Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Medifast has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B&G Foods. B&G Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medifast, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Medifast beats B&G Foods on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BGS) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
