Ingredion (INGR) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and 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	$7.43B	1.09	$647M	$9.48	13.33
Vital Farms	$606.31M	2.59	$53.39M	$1.12	31.49

Is INGR or VITL more profitable?

Ingredion has a net margin of 8.53% compared to Vital Farms' net margin of 8.26%. Ingredion's return on equity of 19.75% beat Vital Farms' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingredion	8.53%	19.75%	10.33%
Vital Farms	8.26%	19.53%	14.63%

Which has more risk & volatility, INGR or VITL?

Ingredion has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vital Farms has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to INGR or VITL?

In the previous week, Ingredion had 4 more articles in the media than Vital Farms. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ingredion and 16 mentions for Vital Farms. Vital Farms' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Ingredion's score of 0.93 indicating that Vital Farms is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingredion	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vital Farms	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer INGR or VITL?

Ingredion presently has a consensus target price of $151.40, indicating a potential upside of 19.78%. Vital Farms has a consensus target price of $44.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.75%. Given Vital Farms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vital Farms is more favorable than Ingredion.

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)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in INGR or VITL?

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

Summary

Vital Farms beats Ingredion on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.