BGS vs. THS, JBSS, SENEA, CVGW, LWAY, HAIN, FARM, MDLZ, HSY, and GIS
Should you be buying B&G Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B&G Foods include 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), Hershey (HSY), and General Mills (GIS). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
B&G Foods vs. Its Competitors
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) and B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
TreeHouse Foods has a net margin of 0.20% compared to B&G Foods' net margin of -11.16%. B&G Foods' return on equity of 7.00% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.
TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&G Foods has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of B&G Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, B&G Foods had 3 more articles in the media than TreeHouse Foods. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for B&G Foods and 3 mentions for TreeHouse Foods. B&G Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of -0.04 indicating that B&G Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TreeHouse Foods presently has a consensus target price of $27.83, suggesting a potential upside of 32.54%. B&G Foods has a consensus target price of $7.30, suggesting a potential upside of 60.44%. Given B&G Foods' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe B&G Foods is more favorable than TreeHouse Foods.
Summary
TreeHouse Foods beats B&G Foods on 10 of the 15 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 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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