Lassonde Industries (LAS.A) Competitors

Lassonde Industries (TSE:LAS.A) and High Liner Foods (TSE:HLF) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LAS.A or HLF?

High Liner Foods received 54 more outperform votes than Lassonde Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.86% of users gave Lassonde Industries an outperform vote while only 50.72% of users gave High Liner Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lassonde Industries	Outperform Votes 191 65.86%	Underperform Votes 99 34.14%
High Liner Foods	Outperform Votes 245 50.72%	Underperform Votes 238 49.28%

Do analysts rate LAS.A or HLF?

Lassonde Industries presently has a consensus target price of C$174.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.05%. High Liner Foods has a consensus target price of C$15.42, suggesting a potential upside of 17.15%. Given Lassonde Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lassonde Industries is more favorable than High Liner Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lassonde Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
High Liner Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LAS.A or HLF?

42.5% of Lassonde Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of High Liner Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Lassonde Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 40.1% of High Liner 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.

Does the media favor LAS.A or HLF?

In the previous week, High Liner Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Lassonde Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for High Liner Foods and 0 mentions for Lassonde Industries. High Liner Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Lassonde Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that High Liner Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lassonde Industries	Neutral
High Liner Foods	Positive

Is LAS.A or HLF a better dividend stock?

Lassonde Industries pays an annual dividend of C$4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. High Liner Foods pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Lassonde Industries pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. High Liner Foods pays out 47.6% 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.

Is LAS.A or HLF more profitable?

Lassonde Industries has a net margin of 3.78% compared to High Liner Foods' net margin of 2.93%. Lassonde Industries' return on equity of 9.13% beat High Liner Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lassonde Industries	3.78%	9.13%	5.18%
High Liner Foods	2.93%	8.34%	4.65%

Which has more risk and volatility, LAS.A or HLF?

Lassonde Industries has a beta of -0.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Liner Foods has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LAS.A or HLF?

Lassonde Industries has higher revenue and earnings than High Liner Foods. High Liner Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lassonde Industries, 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
Lassonde Industries	C$2.31B	0.19	C$87.53M	C$12.83	11.24
High Liner Foods	C$1.08B	0.37	C$31.68M	C$1.26	10.44

Summary

Lassonde Industries beats High Liner Foods on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.