BRFS vs. PLIN, HRL, CAG, CPB, USFD, SJM, ACI, TAP, SCI, and CELH
Should you be buying BRF stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BRF include China Xiangtai Food (PLIN), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), US Foods (USFD), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Service Co. International (SCI), and Celsius (CELH). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
BRF (NYSE:BRFS) and China Xiangtai Food (NASDAQ:PLIN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
BRF received 301 more outperform votes than China Xiangtai Food when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave China Xiangtai Food an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave BRF an outperform vote.
BRF has a net margin of 0.81% compared to China Xiangtai Food's net margin of 0.00%. BRF's return on equity of 2.93% beat China Xiangtai Food's return on equity.
BRF currently has a consensus price target of $3.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.52%. Given BRF's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BRF is more favorable than China Xiangtai Food.
4.8% of BRF shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of China Xiangtai Food shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BRF shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, BRF had 2 more articles in the media than China Xiangtai Food. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BRF and 2 mentions for China Xiangtai Food. BRF's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat China Xiangtai Food's score of 0.32 indicating that BRF is being referred to more favorably in the media.
China Xiangtai Food has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BRF.
BRF has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Xiangtai Food has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BRF beats China Xiangtai Food on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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