TreeHouse Foods (THS) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & 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	0.34	$26.90M	$0.13	173.92
Cal-Maine Foods	$3.80B	1.18	$277.89M	$20.23	4.51

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Which has more volatility & risk, THS or CALM?

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

Does the media refer more to THS or CALM?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 13 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 20 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.35 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	6 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cal-Maine Foods	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend THS or CALM?

TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus price target of $27.83, indicating a potential upside of 23.10%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus price target of $83.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.05%. Given TreeHouse Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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

Summary

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