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SunOpta (SOY) Competitors

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C$9.10 +0.11 (+1.22%)
As of 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

SOY vs. MRC, TOT, AKG, GDC, WTER, SEB, COR, OMI, 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), Camino Minerals (COR), Orosur Mining (OMI), Nautilus Minerals (NUS), and 14642 (MCK.V) (MCK). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

SunOpta vs. Its Competitors

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

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
SunOptaC$464.89M1.63-C$12.73M-C$0.22-41.58
MorguardC$1.13B1.12C$196.68MC$18.346.43

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

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

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
SunOpta-2.74% -11.64% 2.68%
Morguard 17.41%4.90%2.96%

In the previous week, Morguard had 1 more articles in the media than SunOpta. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Morguard and 0 mentions for SunOpta. SunOpta's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Morguard'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
SunOpta Neutral
Morguard Neutral

Summary

Morguard beats SunOpta on 9 of the 12 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$758.68MC$2.18BC$7.03BC$6.31B
Dividend Yield1.35%2.65%3.17%6.72%
P/E Ratio-41.5815.7013.4675.38
Price / Sales1.6363.7787.161,359.95
Price / Cash2,760.00119.32144.7483.29
Price / Book7.206.744.034.89
Net Income-C$12.73MC$2.63BC$999.43MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance5.20%1.02%0.77%1.20%
1 Month Performance12.21%3.05%0.49%4.81%
1 Year Performance25.86%62.75%68.38%26.10%

SunOpta Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SOY
SunOpta
N/AC$9.10
+1.2%
N/A+25.5%C$758.68MC$464.89M-41.581,450
MRC
Morguard
N/AC$119.70
-1.6%
N/A+5.2%C$1.28BC$1.13B6.532,800News Coverage
TOT
Total Energy Services
3.9401 of 5 stars
C$10.68
-2.2%
C$18.00
+68.5%
+18.5%C$401.37MC$846.24M9.551,976Gap Down
AKG
Asanko Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$353.31MN/A-2.152,280
GDC
Genesis Land Development
N/AC$3.15
+0.3%
N/A-1.9%C$177.21MC$324.97M5.0660
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
COR
Camino Minerals
N/AC$0.24
+2.2%
N/A+536.4%C$49.17MN/A-11.7542,000
OMI
Orosur Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$47.11MC$11.77M-16.6722,500Gap Up
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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This page (TSE:SOY) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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