TreeHouse Foods (THS) Competitors

Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO) and TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FLO or THS?

Flowers Foods has higher revenue and earnings than TreeHouse Foods. Flowers 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
Flowers Foods	$5.08B	0.69	$248.12M	$1.08	15.27
TreeHouse Foods	$3.33B	0.33	$26.90M	$0.13	169.54

Do analysts prefer FLO or THS?

Flowers Foods presently has a consensus price target of $19.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.70%. TreeHouse Foods has a consensus price target of $27.83, suggesting a potential upside of 26.29%. Given TreeHouse Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TreeHouse Foods is more favorable than Flowers Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flowers Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FLO or THS?

75.4% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Flowers Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to FLO or THS?

In the previous week, Flowers Foods and Flowers Foods both had 3 articles in the media. TreeHouse Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Flowers Foods' score of 0.21 indicating that TreeHouse Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Flowers Foods	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TreeHouse Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, FLO or THS?

Flowers Foods has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FLO or THS more profitable?

Flowers Foods has a net margin of 4.86% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of 0.80%. Flowers Foods' return on equity of 19.48% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flowers Foods	4.86%	19.48%	7.94%
TreeHouse Foods	0.80%	6.42%	2.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FLO or THS?

Flowers Foods received 10 more outperform votes than TreeHouse Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.42% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 61.53% of users gave Flowers Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Flowers Foods	Outperform Votes 499 61.53%	Underperform Votes 312 38.47%
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 63.42%	Underperform Votes 282 36.58%

Summary

Flowers Foods beats TreeHouse Foods on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.