Tyson Foods (TSN) Competitors

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) and Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate BYND or TSN?

Beyond Meat currently has a consensus price target of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.14%. Tyson Foods has a consensus price target of $61.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.52%. Given Tyson Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tyson Foods is more favorable than Beyond Meat.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond Meat	3 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.25
Tyson Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Does the media favor BYND or TSN?

In the previous week, Tyson Foods had 18 more articles in the media than Beyond Meat. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Tyson Foods and 8 mentions for Beyond Meat. Tyson Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Beyond Meat's score of 0.13 indicating that Tyson Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beyond Meat	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tyson Foods	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, BYND or TSN?

Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BYND or TSN more profitable?

Tyson Foods has a net margin of 1.45% compared to Beyond Meat's net margin of -52.27%. Tyson Foods' return on equity of 7.49% beat Beyond Meat's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond Meat	-52.27%	N/A	-22.97%
Tyson Foods	1.45%	7.49%	3.77%

Which has better valuation and earnings, BYND or TSN?

Tyson Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond Meat. Beyond Meat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tyson 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
Beyond Meat	$301.35M	0.71	-$160.28M	-$2.18	-1.28
Tyson Foods	$54.15B	0.35	$800M	$2.20	24.52

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BYND or TSN?

52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are held 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

Tyson Foods beats Beyond Meat on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.