Dominion Diamond (DDC) Competitors

B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) and Dominion Diamond (NYSE:DDC) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BGS or DDC?

Dominion Diamond has lower revenue, but higher earnings than B&G Foods.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
B&G Foods	$1.88B	0.17	-$66.20M	-$2.66	-1.51
Dominion Diamond	$28.94M	4.21	-$23.43M	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer BGS or DDC?

B&G Foods presently has a consensus price target of $7.30, indicating a potential upside of 81.82%. Given B&G Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe B&G Foods is more favorable than Dominion Diamond.

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
Dominion Diamond	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BGS or DDC?

66.2% of B&G Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Dominion Diamond shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of B&G Foods shares are owned by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BGS or DDC?

B&G Foods received 31 more outperform votes than Dominion Diamond when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.83% of users gave Dominion Diamond an outperform vote while only 53.64% of users gave B&G Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
B&G Foods	Outperform Votes 354 53.64%	Underperform Votes 306 46.36%
Dominion Diamond	Outperform Votes 323 63.83%	Underperform Votes 183 36.17%

Is BGS or DDC more profitable?

Dominion Diamond has a net margin of 0.00% compared to B&G Foods' net margin of -1.34%. B&G Foods' return on equity of 6.97% beat Dominion Diamond's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
B&G Foods	-1.34%	6.97%	1.61%
Dominion Diamond	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor BGS or DDC?

In the previous week, B&G Foods had 5 more articles in the media than Dominion Diamond. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for B&G Foods and 1 mentions for Dominion Diamond. B&G Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Dominion Diamond's score of 0.00 indicating that B&G Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
B&G Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dominion Diamond	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, BGS or DDC?

B&G Foods has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dominion Diamond has a beta of -0.46, indicating that its share price is 146% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

B&G Foods beats Dominion Diamond on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.