TreeHouse Foods (THS) Competitors

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) and Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Is THS or CALM more profitable?

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 20.39% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of 0.80%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 33.69% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods	0.80%	6.42%	2.54%
Cal-Maine Foods	20.39%	33.69%	27.35%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in THS or CALM?

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer THS or CALM?

In the previous week, Cal-Maine Foods had 3 more articles in the media than TreeHouse Foods. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods and 13 mentions for TreeHouse Foods. TreeHouse Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Cal-Maine Foods' score of 1.23 indicating that TreeHouse Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cal-Maine Foods	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer THS or CALM?

TreeHouse Foods received 200 more outperform votes than Cal-Maine Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 52.64% of users gave Cal-Maine Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 63.42%	Underperform Votes 282 36.58%
Cal-Maine Foods	Outperform Votes 289 52.64%	Underperform Votes 260 47.36%

Do analysts prefer THS or CALM?

TreeHouse Foods presently has a consensus price target of $27.83, suggesting a potential upside of 21.18%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $83.00, suggesting a potential downside of 14.36%. Given TreeHouse Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TreeHouse Foods is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Cal-Maine Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Which has higher earnings and valuation, THS or CALM?

Cal-Maine Foods has higher revenue and earnings than TreeHouse Foods. Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TreeHouse Foods, 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
TreeHouse Foods	$3.33B	0.35	$26.90M	$0.13	176.68
Cal-Maine Foods	$3.80B	1.25	$277.89M	$20.23	4.79

Which has more volatility & risk, THS or CALM?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of 0.18, meaning that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cal-Maine Foods beats TreeHouse Foods on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.