Ingredion (INGR) Competitors

Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) and Vital Farms (NASDAQ:VITL) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Is INGR or VITL more profitable?

Ingredion has a net margin of 9.24% compared to Vital Farms' net margin of 7.84%. Ingredion's return on equity of 19.04% beat Vital Farms' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingredion	9.24%	19.04%	10.09%
Vital Farms	7.84%	18.40%	13.65%

Do analysts recommend INGR or VITL?

Ingredion presently has a consensus price target of $151.40, indicating a potential upside of 23.70%. Vital Farms has a consensus price target of $49.80, indicating a potential upside of 11.61%. Given Ingredion's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ingredion is more favorable than Vital Farms.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingredion	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Vital Farms	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to INGR or VITL?

In the previous week, Ingredion had 15 more articles in the media than Vital Farms. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Ingredion and 4 mentions for Vital Farms. Ingredion's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Vital Farms' score of 0.85 indicating that Ingredion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingredion	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vital Farms	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, INGR or VITL?

Ingredion has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Farms has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, INGR or VITL?

Ingredion has higher revenue and earnings than Vital Farms. Ingredion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vital Farms, 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
Ingredion	$7.32B	1.07	$647M	$10.25	11.94
Vital Farms	$657.95M	3.03	$53.39M	$1.12	39.84

Do insiders and institutionals believe in INGR or VITL?

85.3% of Ingredion shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of Vital Farms shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Ingredion shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of Vital Farms 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.

Summary

Ingredion and Vital Farms tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.