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B&G Foods (BGS) Competitors

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$4.21 -0.01 (-0.24%)
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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

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

66.2% of B&G Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Medifast shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of B&G Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Medifast shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Medifast had 5 more articles in the media than B&G Foods. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Medifast and 2 mentions for B&G Foods. Medifast's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat B&G Foods' score of 0.48 indicating that Medifast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Medifast has lower revenue, but higher earnings than B&G Foods. Medifast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B&G Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
B&G Foods$1.93B0.17-$251.25M-$2.66-1.58
Medifast$602.46M0.27$2.09M-$0.65-23.11

B&G Foods currently has a consensus price target of $7.30, indicating a potential upside of 73.40%. Medifast has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.85%. Given B&G Foods' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe B&G Foods is more favorable than Medifast.

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

B&G Foods has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medifast has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Medifast has a net margin of -1.29% compared to B&G Foods' net margin of -11.16%. B&G Foods' return on equity of 7.00% beat Medifast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
B&G Foods-11.16% 7.00% 1.41%
Medifast -1.29%6.63%4.81%

Summary

Medifast beats B&G Foods on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$335.96M$8.34B$16.09B$20.48B
Dividend Yield18.27%3.48%3.13%3.78%
P/E Ratio-1.5826.1019.8227.86
Price / Sales0.171.7248.1840.82
Price / Cash0.6112.6414.6922.26
Price / Book0.633.606.104.59
Net Income-$251.25M$398.24M$680.31M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-7.47%-2.51%-1.18%0.57%
1 Month Performance-8.78%-3.01%-1.03%3.75%
1 Year Performance-45.18%0.33%6.58%14.57%

B&G Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGS
B&G Foods
3.9377 of 5 stars
$4.21
-0.2%
$7.30
+73.4%
-45.9%$335.96M$1.93B-1.582,784
MED
Medifast
3.8362 of 5 stars
$14.10
+3.9%
$16.50
+17.0%
-17.9%$154.96M$602.46M-21.69870
THS
TreeHouse Foods
4.2344 of 5 stars
$19.46
-0.2%
$27.83
+43.0%
-44.0%$982.73M$3.35B149.707,400
JBSS
John B. Sanfilippo & Son
2.2679 of 5 stars
$63.24
-0.3%
N/A-28.3%$743.70M$1.07B13.341,800Positive News
SENEA
Seneca Foods
1.063 of 5 stars
$101.43
+0.8%
N/A+74.3%$698.85M$1.58B17.222,885High Trading Volume
CVGW
Calavo Growers
3.7496 of 5 stars
$26.59
-1.1%
$35.00
+31.6%
+20.6%$474.37M$661.54M45.852,106
LWAY
Lifeway Foods
0.8229 of 5 stars
$24.65
-0.2%
$25.00
+1.4%
+102.9%$374.68M$186.82M37.35280
HAIN
The Hain Celestial Group
4.7622 of 5 stars
$1.52
+2.0%
$3.64
+139.8%
-77.4%$137.19M$1.62B-0.532,786
FARM
Farmer Brothers
4.4004 of 5 stars
$1.37
-2.1%
$4.50
+228.5%
-44.2%$29.54M$341.09M-2.011,003
MDLZ
Mondelez International
4.7293 of 5 stars
$67.44
-0.5%
$70.63
+4.7%
+3.1%$87.32B$36.44B25.0791,000Positive News
HSY
Hershey
3.9041 of 5 stars
$166.04
-0.6%
$158.84
-4.3%
-8.0%$33.64B$11.20B20.4719,900Trending News
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This page (NYSE:BGS) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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