HLF vs. JWEL, SOY, CLR, BABY, TPK, BU, SWP, JTR, MYLK, and VPI
Should you be buying High Liner Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Liner Foods include Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), SunOpta (SOY), Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (CLR.TO) (CLR), Else Nutrition (BABY), Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (TPK), Burcon NutraScience (BU), Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (SWP), GreenSpace Brands (JTR), Planting Hope (MYLK), and Vitality Products (VPI). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods" industry.
High Liner Foods vs. Its Competitors
High Liner Foods (TSE:HLF) and Jamieson Wellness (TSE:JWEL) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
High Liner Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Jamieson Wellness pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. High Liner Foods pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jamieson Wellness pays out 88.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. High Liner Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
High Liner Foods received 10 more outperform votes than Jamieson Wellness when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.20% of users gave Jamieson Wellness an outperform vote while only 50.51% of users gave High Liner Foods an outperform vote.
18.1% of High Liner Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Jamieson Wellness shares are held by institutional investors. 44.3% of High Liner Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Jamieson Wellness shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
High Liner Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jamieson Wellness. High Liner Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jamieson Wellness, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
High Liner Foods currently has a consensus target price of C$20.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.57%. Jamieson Wellness has a consensus target price of C$41.65, indicating a potential upside of 15.50%. Given Jamieson Wellness' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jamieson Wellness is more favorable than High Liner Foods.
In the previous week, High Liner Foods had 17 more articles in the media than Jamieson Wellness. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for High Liner Foods and 1 mentions for Jamieson Wellness. Jamieson Wellness' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat High Liner Foods' score of 0.21 indicating that Jamieson Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
High Liner Foods has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jamieson Wellness has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
High Liner Foods has a net margin of 6.31% compared to Jamieson Wellness' net margin of 5.57%. High Liner Foods' return on equity of 15.27% beat Jamieson Wellness' return on equity.
Summary
High Liner Foods beats Jamieson Wellness on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:HLF) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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