B&G Foods (BGS) Competitors

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) and B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Do analysts recommend THS or BGS?

TreeHouse Foods presently has a consensus target price of $27.83, indicating a potential upside of 22.37%. B&G Foods has a consensus target price of $7.30, indicating a potential upside of 75.27%. Given B&G Foods' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe B&G Foods is more favorable than TreeHouse Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
B&G Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Which has higher earnings and valuation, THS or BGS?

TreeHouse Foods has higher revenue and earnings than B&G Foods. B&G Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TreeHouse Foods, 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
TreeHouse Foods	$3.33B	0.35	$26.90M	$0.13	174.96
B&G Foods	$1.88B	0.18	-$66.20M	-$2.66	-1.57

Which has more risk and volatility, THS or BGS?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&G Foods has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer THS or BGS?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 8 more articles in the media than B&G Foods. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 5 mentions for B&G Foods. TreeHouse Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat B&G Foods' score of 0.69 indicating that TreeHouse Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
B&G Foods	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in THS or BGS?

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of B&G Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer THS or BGS?

TreeHouse Foods received 135 more outperform votes than B&G Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave B&G Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 63.42%	Underperform Votes 282 36.58%
B&G Foods	Outperform Votes 354 53.64%	Underperform Votes 306 46.36%

Is THS or BGS more profitable?

TreeHouse Foods has a net margin of 0.80% compared to B&G Foods' net margin of -1.34%. B&G Foods' return on equity of 6.97% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods	0.80%	6.42%	2.54%
B&G Foods	-1.34%	6.97%	1.61%

Summary

TreeHouse Foods beats B&G Foods on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.