Flowers Foods - FLO Competitors

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FLO or HAIN?

Flowers Foods has higher revenue and earnings than The Hain Celestial Group. Flowers 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Flowers Foods	$4.81 billion	1.20	$228.39 million	$1.07	25.52
The Hain Celestial Group	$1.89 billion	0.78	$77.87 million	$0.50	33.04

Is FLO or HAIN more profitable?

Flowers Foods has a net margin of 4.75% compared to The Hain Celestial Group's net margin of 2.45%. Flowers Foods' return on equity of 18.77% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flowers Foods	4.75%	18.77%	8.15%
The Hain Celestial Group	2.45%	5.92%	2.66%

Which has more volatility and risk, FLO or HAIN?

Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FLO or HAIN?

Flowers Foods currently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.80%. The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus price target of $24.90, suggesting a potential upside of 50.73%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Flowers Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flowers Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
The Hain Celestial Group	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FLO or HAIN?

66.8% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of The Hain Celestial Group 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.

Does the media prefer FLO or HAIN?

In the previous week, Flowers Foods had 7 more articles in the media than The Hain Celestial Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Flowers Foods and 3 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.64 indicating that The Hain Celestial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flowers Foods	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Hain Celestial Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FLO or HAIN?

The Hain Celestial Group received 325 more outperform votes than Flowers Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.81% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flowers Foods	Outperform Votes 482 62.27%	Underperform Votes 292 37.73%
The Hain Celestial Group	Outperform Votes 807 69.81%	Underperform Votes 349 30.19%

Summary

Flowers Foods and The Hain Celestial Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.