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BGS vs. MED, THS, JBSS, SENEA, 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), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Medifast0.76% 2.00% 1.50%
B&G Foods -12.02%7.16%1.34%

95.5% of Medifast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of B&G Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Medifast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of B&G Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Medifast has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&G Foods has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Medifast pays an annual dividend of $6.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 51.0%. B&G Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.9%. 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 3 more articles in the media than Medifast. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for B&G Foods and 19 mentions for Medifast. Medifast's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat B&G Foods' score of 0.04 indicating that Medifast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Medifast
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
B&G Foods
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Medifast presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.56%. B&G Foods has a consensus price target of $6.10, indicating a potential upside of 51.55%. Given B&G Foods' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe B&G Foods is more favorable than Medifast.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Medifast
0 Sell rating(s)
1 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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Medifast$480.45M0.30$2.09M$0.3240.42
B&G Foods$1.86B0.17-$251.25M-$2.83-1.42

Summary

Medifast beats B&G Foods on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BGS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BGS vs. The Competition

MetricB&G FoodsFOOD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$322.02M$8.28B$16.02B$20.70B
Dividend Yield19.00%3.53%3.19%3.69%
P/E Ratio-1.4222.1318.7228.60
Price / Sales0.171.7645.4766.95
Price / Cash0.6012.1214.4923.59
Price / Book0.643.655.724.31
Net Income-$251.25M$401.57M$690.19M$995.66M
7 Day Performance-2.78%1.05%1.41%2.05%
1 Month Performance-4.85%2.84%-0.78%-0.43%
1 Year Performance-53.50%-0.64%5.36%14.85%

B&G Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGS
B&G Foods
3.8561 of 5 stars
$4.03
-0.9%
$6.10
+51.6%
-51.5%$322.02M$1.86B-1.422,784Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MED
Medifast
4.0784 of 5 stars
$14.58
-2.1%
$16.50
+13.2%
-35.9%$160.23M$602.46M-22.43870Earnings Report
THS
TreeHouse Foods
4.0743 of 5 stars
$20.89
-1.9%
$24.17
+15.7%
-50.1%$1.05B$3.35B160.707,400
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
3.3299 of 5 stars
$66.66
-2.1%
N/A-36.9%$783.86M$1.11B14.061,800Positive News
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.0284 of 5 stars
$102.12
+0.4%
N/A+76.7%$703.61M$1.58B17.342,885News Coverage
Earnings Report
CVGW
Calavo Growers
4.1052 of 5 stars
$26.31
0.0%
$35.00
+33.0%
+26.6%$469.29M$694.49M45.362,106
LWAY
Lifeway Foods
0.6311 of 5 stars
$25.69
-2.9%
$25.00
-2.7%
+143.4%$390.49M$186.82M38.92280Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
HAIN
The Hain Celestial Group
4.5422 of 5 stars
$1.76
-5.9%
$3.59
+103.9%
-77.4%$158.85M$1.62B-0.612,786
FARM
Farmer Brothers
3.9469 of 5 stars
$1.73
-1.1%
$4.50
+160.1%
-31.7%$37.30M$341.09M-2.541,003
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.8271 of 5 stars
$69.58
-1.4%
$70.72
+1.6%
-10.1%$90.09B$36.44B25.8790,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
HSY
Hershey
3.8346 of 5 stars
$184.63
-1.3%
$160.68
-13.0%
-6.2%$37.41B$11.20B22.7720,030Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:BGS) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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