BROS vs. LANC, FRPT, FLO, DAR, RH, OLLI, NYT, NTCOY, FIZZ, and CHWY
Should you be buying Dutch Bros stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dutch Bros include Lancaster Colony (LANC), Freshpet (FRPT), Flowers Foods (FLO), Darling Ingredients (DAR), RH (RH), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), New York Times (NYT), Natura &Co (NTCOY), National Beverage (FIZZ), and Chewy (CHWY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Dutch Bros (NYSE:BROS) and Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Dutch Bros had 2 more articles in the media than Lancaster Colony. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Dutch Bros and 6 mentions for Lancaster Colony. Dutch Bros' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Lancaster Colony's score of 0.14 indicating that Dutch Bros is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lancaster Colony has a net margin of 6.92% compared to Dutch Bros' net margin of 0.18%. Lancaster Colony's return on equity of 17.37% beat Dutch Bros' return on equity.
Lancaster Colony has higher revenue and earnings than Dutch Bros. Lancaster Colony is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dutch Bros, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dutch Bros has a beta of 2.41, meaning that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lancaster Colony has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dutch Bros currently has a consensus target price of $34.44, suggesting a potential upside of 20.69%. Lancaster Colony has a consensus target price of $198.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.27%. Given Dutch Bros' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Dutch Bros is more favorable than Lancaster Colony.
85.5% of Dutch Bros shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Lancaster Colony shares are held by institutional investors. 46.5% of Dutch Bros shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of Lancaster Colony shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lancaster Colony received 350 more outperform votes than Dutch Bros when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.28% of users gave Lancaster Colony an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave Dutch Bros an outperform vote.
Summary
Dutch Bros beats Lancaster Colony on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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