LANC vs. THS, FTFT, LW, MKC, HRL, CAG, CPB, SJM, PPC, and POST
Should you be buying Lancaster Colony stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lancaster Colony include TreeHouse Foods (THS), Future FinTech Group (FTFT), Lamb Weston (LW), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Hormel Foods (HRL), Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Post (POST).
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) and Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Lancaster Colony had 4 more articles in the media than TreeHouse Foods. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Lancaster Colony and 1 mentions for TreeHouse Foods. Lancaster Colony's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 1.52 indicating that TreeHouse Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lancaster Colony has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Lancaster Colony's net margin of 0.76%. TreeHouse Foods' return on equity of 18.96% beat Lancaster Colony's return on equity.
99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Lancaster Colony shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of Lancaster Colony shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus target price of $38.40, indicating a potential upside of 9.18%. Lancaster Colony has a consensus target price of $198.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.99%. Given Lancaster Colony's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TreeHouse Foods is more favorable than Lancaster Colony.
Lancaster Colony has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TreeHouse Foods. Lancaster Colony is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TreeHouse Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TreeHouse Foods received 102 more outperform votes than Lancaster Colony when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.73% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave Lancaster Colony an outperform vote.
TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lancaster Colony has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lancaster Colony beats TreeHouse Foods on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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