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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do analysts rate THS or BGS?

TreeHouse Foods presently has a consensus target price of $30.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.07%. B&G Foods has a consensus target price of $8.10, indicating a potential upside of 17.56%. Given TreeHouse Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TreeHouse Foods is more favorable than B&G 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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor THS or BGS?

TreeHouse Foods received 135 more outperform votes than B&G Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.59% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 53.80% of users gave B&G Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 63.59%	Underperform Votes 280 36.41%
B&G Foods	Outperform Votes 354 53.80%	Underperform Votes 304 46.20%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in THS or BGS?

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of B&G Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of B&G Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, THS or BGS?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% 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 favor THS or BGS?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 7 more articles in the media than B&G Foods. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 8 mentions for B&G Foods. B&G Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.42 indicating that B&G Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
B&G Foods	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Which has better 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	$3.35B	0.35	$26.90M	$0.54	43.09
B&G Foods	$1.93B	0.28	-$66.20M	-$3.18	-2.17

Summary

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