LAS.A vs. HLF, CSW.A, RSI, ADW.A, GCL, SOY, JWEL, KPT, CRP, and BU
Should you be buying Lassonde Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lassonde Industries include High Liner Foods (HLF), Corby Spirit and Wine (CSW.A), Rogers Sugar (RSI), Andrew Peller (ADW.A), Colabor Group (GCL), SunOpta (SOY), Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), KP Tissue (KPT), Ceres Global (CRP), and Burcon NutraScience (BU). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
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 0.30 beat Lassonde Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that High Liner Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
42.5% of Lassonde Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of High Liner Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Lassonde Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.1% of High Liner Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lassonde Industries pays an annual dividend of C$4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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.
Lassonde Industries has a beta of -0.16, indicating that its stock price is 116% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Liner Foods has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Lassonde Industries presently has a consensus target price of C$174.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.19%. High Liner Foods has a consensus target price of C$15.42, suggesting a potential upside of 18.04%. Given Lassonde Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lassonde Industries is more favorable than High Liner Foods.
Summary
Lassonde Industries beats High Liner Foods on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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