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
High Liner Foods (TSE:HLF) and Jamieson Wellness (TSE:JWEL) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
High Liner Foods has a beta of 0.694452, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jamieson Wellness has a beta of 1.197939, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Jamieson Wellness' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat High Liner Foods' score of 0.00 indicating that Jamieson Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
8.1% of High Liner Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.6% of Jamieson Wellness shares are held by institutional investors. 44.3% of High Liner Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Jamieson Wellness 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.
High Liner Foods currently has a consensus target price of C$20.88, suggesting a potential upside of 26.52%. Jamieson Wellness has a consensus target price of C$42.40, suggesting a potential upside of 20.69%. Given High Liner Foods' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe High Liner Foods is more favorable than Jamieson Wellness.
High Liner Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Jamieson Wellness pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. High Liner Foods pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jamieson Wellness pays out 63.2% 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.
Summary
High Liner Foods beats Jamieson Wellness on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:HLF) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
