POST vs. PPC, LWAY, BRCC, LFVN, NAII, TTCF, BRLSW, SNAXW, WESTW, and FREEW
Should you be buying Post stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Post include Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), BRC (BRCC), LifeVantage (LFVN), Natural Alternatives International (NAII), Tattooed Chef (TTCF), Borealis Foods (BRLSW), Stryve Foods (SNAXW), Westrock Coffee (WESTW), and Whole Earth Brands (FREEW).
Pilgrim's Pride (NASDAQ:PPC) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Pilgrim's Pride has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pilgrim's Pride presently has a consensus price target of $37.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.36%. Post has a consensus price target of $113.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.57%. Given Pilgrim's Pride's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than Pilgrim's Pride.
16.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.6% of Pilgrim's Pride shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Post shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Post had 58 more articles in the media than Pilgrim's Pride. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Post and 5 mentions for Pilgrim's Pride. Post's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Pilgrim's Pride's score of -0.21 indicating that Pilgrim's Pride is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Post has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Post's net margin of 2.80%. Post's return on equity of 17.35% beat Pilgrim's Pride's return on equity.
Post received 72 more outperform votes than Pilgrim's Pride when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Pilgrim's Pride an outperform vote.
Pilgrim's Pride has higher revenue and earnings than Post. Pilgrim's Pride is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Post, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Post beats Pilgrim's Pride on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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