HELE vs. UTZ, TBBB, NOMD, ENR, TR, WLY, WLYB, JJSF, EPC, and GO
Should you be buying Helen of Troy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helen of Troy include Utz Brands (UTZ), BBB Foods (TBBB), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Energizer (ENR), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), and Grocery Outlet (GO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) and Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Helen of Troy had 5 more articles in the media than Utz Brands. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Helen of Troy and 3 mentions for Utz Brands. Helen of Troy's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Utz Brands' score of 0.18 indicating that Utz Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Helen of Troy has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Helen of Troy's net margin of -1.38%. Utz Brands' return on equity of 11.65% beat Helen of Troy's return on equity.
Utz Brands presently has a consensus price target of $20.42, indicating a potential upside of 13.05%. Helen of Troy has a consensus price target of $127.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.95%. Given Utz Brands' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Helen of Troy is more favorable than Utz Brands.
Utz Brands has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helen of Troy has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
96.0% of Utz Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of Utz Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Helen of Troy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Helen of Troy has higher revenue and earnings than Utz Brands. Utz Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Helen of Troy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Helen of Troy received 268 more outperform votes than Utz Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Utz Brands an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Helen of Troy an outperform vote.
Summary
Helen of Troy beats Utz Brands on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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