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SunOpta (SOY) Competitors

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C$8.01 +0.20 (+2.56%)
As of 06/11/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

SOY vs. MRC, TOT, AKG, GDC, WTER, SEB, OMI, COR, NUS, and MCK

Should you be buying SunOpta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunOpta include Morguard (MRC), Total Energy Services (TOT), Asanko Gold (AKG), Genesis Land Development (GDC), Alkaline Water (WTER), Smart Employee Benefits (SEB), Orosur Mining (OMI), Camino Minerals (COR), Nautilus Minerals (NUS), and 14642 (MCK.V) (MCK). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

SunOpta vs. Its Competitors

Morguard (TSE:MRC) and SunOpta (TSE:SOY) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

SunOpta received 42 more outperform votes than Morguard when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.31% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 69.12% of users gave Morguard an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MorguardOutperform Votes
150
69.12%
Underperform Votes
67
30.88%
SunOptaOutperform Votes
192
69.31%
Underperform Votes
85
30.69%

3.4% of Morguard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of SunOpta shares are held by institutional investors. 73.0% of Morguard shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of SunOpta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Morguard has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunOpta has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Morguard has higher revenue and earnings than SunOpta. SunOpta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morguard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MorguardC$1.13B1.08C$196.68MC$18.346.23
SunOptaC$464.89M1.44-C$12.73M-C$0.22-36.60

In the previous week, Morguard had 2 more articles in the media than SunOpta. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Morguard and 0 mentions for SunOpta. SunOpta's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Morguard's score of 0.43 indicating that SunOpta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Morguard Neutral
SunOpta Positive

Morguard has a net margin of 17.41% compared to SunOpta's net margin of -2.74%. Morguard's return on equity of 4.90% beat SunOpta's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Morguard17.41% 4.90% 2.96%
SunOpta -2.74%-11.64%2.68%

Summary

Morguard beats SunOpta on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SOY vs. The Competition

MetricSunOptaPackaged Foods IndustryDefensive SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$667.80MC$2.19BC$7.06BC$6.06B
Dividend Yield1.35%2.63%3.16%6.72%
P/E Ratio-36.6012.4712.4239.18
Price / Sales1.4464.15109.10995.17
Price / Cash2,760.00123.14147.7783.29
Price / Book6.346.574.014.23
Net Income-C$12.73MC$2.63BC$1.01BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.91%23.00%7.17%4.65%
1 Month Performance-11.39%25.81%10.34%9.30%
1 Year Performance3.22%72.93%76.58%24.52%

SunOpta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SOY
SunOpta
N/AC$8.01
+2.6%
N/A+3.8%C$667.80MC$464.89M-36.601,450Positive News
MRC
Morguard
N/AC$113.00
+0.5%
N/A+3.2%C$1.21BC$1.13B6.162,800Positive News
High Trading Volume
TOT
Total Energy Services
3.7001 of 5 stars
C$10.63
+1.8%
C$18.00
+69.3%
+13.2%C$399.49MC$846.24M9.511,976Gap Up
AKG
Asanko Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$353.31MN/A-2.152,280
GDC
Genesis Land Development
N/AC$3.01
-0.3%
N/A-7.1%C$169.34MC$324.97M4.8360
WTER
Alkaline Water
N/AC$1.28
-0.8%
N/A+0.0%C$75.50MC$37.04M-3.7940
SEB
Smart Employee Benefits
N/AC$0.30
+1.7%
N/A+0.0%C$52.63MC$64.58M-6.0013,000
OMI
Orosur Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$47.11MC$11.77M-16.6722,500Gap Up
COR
Camino Minerals
N/AC$0.21
-6.7%
N/A+300.0%C$43.94MN/A-10.5042,000High Trading Volume
NUS
Nautilus Minerals
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$34.15MN/A-2.7813,400Gap Down
MCK
14642 (MCK.V)
N/AC$0.32
-13.5%
N/A+0.0%C$10.44MN/A0.0075,000Gap Down

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