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High Liner Foods (HLF) Competitors

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C$16.54 -0.17 (-1.02%)
As of 09/23/2025 04:22 PM Eastern

HLF vs. JWEL, SOY, CLR, BABY, TPK, SWP, BU, 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), Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (SWP), Burcon NutraScience (BU), 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

Jamieson Wellness (TSE:JWEL) and High Liner Foods (TSE:HLF) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

49.4% of Jamieson Wellness shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of High Liner Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Jamieson Wellness shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.3% of High Liner Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, High Liner Foods had 7 more articles in the media than Jamieson Wellness. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for High Liner Foods and 0 mentions for Jamieson Wellness. High Liner Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Jamieson Wellness' score of 0.00 indicating that High Liner Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Jamieson Wellness Neutral
High Liner Foods Neutral

High Liner Foods has higher revenue and earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Jamieson WellnessC$766.01M2.02C$39.83MC$1.3327.92
High Liner FoodsC$971.97M0.49C$41.70MC$1.6010.34

Jamieson Wellness currently has a consensus target price of C$42.40, suggesting a potential upside of 14.19%. High Liner Foods has a consensus target price of C$20.88, suggesting a potential upside of 26.21%. Given High Liner Foods' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe High Liner Foods is more favorable than Jamieson Wellness.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Jamieson Wellness
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
High Liner Foods
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Jamieson Wellness has a beta of 1.291743, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Liner Foods has a beta of 0.691553, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Jamieson Wellness pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. High Liner Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Jamieson Wellness pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. High Liner Foods pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. High Liner Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Jamieson Wellness5.57% 8.99% 4.73%
High Liner Foods 6.31%15.27%5.30%

Summary

High Liner Foods beats Jamieson Wellness on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HLF vs. The Competition

MetricHigh Liner FoodsPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$480.14MC$4.37BC$7.24BC$9.53B
Dividend Yield4.07%2.63%3.19%6.48%
P/E Ratio10.343,122.261,074.1725.96
Price / Sales0.493,533.23992,152.069.79
Price / Cash138.61119.32144.7483.29
Price / Book1.2324.229.055.57
Net IncomeC$41.70MC$2.63BC$999.43MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance2.73%-0.03%-0.68%1.70%
1 Month Performance1.60%0.28%-1.01%8.55%
1 Year Performance32.53%492.29%179.84%36.08%

High Liner Foods Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLF
High Liner Foods
3.4402 of 5 stars
C$16.54
-1.0%
C$20.88
+26.2%
+32.5%C$480.14MC$971.97M10.34N/AHigh Trading Volume
JWEL
Jamieson Wellness
2.1855 of 5 stars
C$37.33
+1.1%
C$42.40
+13.6%
+10.6%C$1.55BC$766.01M28.07240
SOY
SunOpta
N/AC$8.86
+0.1%
N/A-7.3%C$1.05BC$762.88M-147.671,450
CLR
Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (CLR.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$536.82MC$507.11M86.741,845
BABY
Else Nutrition
N/AC$1.17
flat
N/A+0.0%C$121.91MC$4.02M-6.161,729
TPK
Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$49.84MC$86.49M18.03N/A
SWP
Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee
N/AC$4.24
-0.9%
N/A+25.8%C$40.47MC$220.99M-106.0083
BU
Burcon NutraScience
N/AC$2.42
+2.5%
N/A-33.5%C$30.71MC$273.38K-0.7020Gap Up
JTR
GreenSpace Brands
N/AC$0.01
-50.0%
N/A+0.0%C$2.55MC$15.35M-0.2577Gap Down
High Trading Volume
MYLK
Planting Hope
N/AC$0.02
+50.0%
N/A+0.0%C$1.74MC$7.41M-0.11N/AGap Up
VPI
Vitality Products
N/AC$0.03
+20.0%
N/A+40.0%C$1.24MC$830.31K-2.00N/AGap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:HLF) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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