BGS vs. HAIN, VITL, OTLY, BYND, NOMD, SMPL, AVO, MATW, WEST, and LESL
Should you be buying B&G Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B&G Foods include The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Vital Farms (VITL), Oatly Group (OTLY), Beyond Meat (BYND), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), Mission Produce (AVO), Matthews International (MATW), Westrock Coffee (WEST), and Leslie's (LESL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
B&G Foods has higher revenue and earnings than The Hain Celestial Group. B&G Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hain Celestial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
B&G Foods has a net margin of -3.21% compared to The Hain Celestial Group's net margin of -8.88%. B&G Foods' return on equity of 8.68% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.
The Hain Celestial Group received 456 more outperform votes than B&G Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 54.97% of users gave B&G Foods an outperform vote.
66.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, B&G Foods had 2 more articles in the media than The Hain Celestial Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for B&G Foods and 3 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group. B&G Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat The Hain Celestial Group's score of -0.29 indicating that B&G Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
B&G Foods presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, suggesting a potential downside of 14.14%. The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 110.36%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than B&G Foods.
B&G Foods has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
B&G Foods beats The Hain Celestial Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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