VSTS vs. COCO, TLRY, CHEF, VITL, MGPI, THS, KLG, UVV, GO, and EPC
Should you be buying Vestis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vestis include Vita Coco (COCO), Tilray (TLRY), Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Vital Farms (VITL), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), TreeHouse Foods (THS), WK Kellogg (KLG), Universal (UVV), Grocery Outlet (GO), and Edgewell Personal Care (EPC). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Vestis (NYSE:VSTS) and Vita Coco (NASDAQ:COCO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Vestis has higher revenue and earnings than Vita Coco.
Vita Coco received 17 more outperform votes than Vestis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.79% of users gave Vita Coco an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Vestis an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vestis had 15 more articles in the media than Vita Coco. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Vestis and 4 mentions for Vita Coco. Vita Coco's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Vestis' score of 1.25 indicating that Vita Coco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vestis presently has a consensus target price of $16.38, suggesting a potential upside of 30.81%. Vita Coco has a consensus target price of $29.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Given Vestis' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vestis is more favorable than Vita Coco.
Vita Coco has a net margin of 10.93% compared to Vestis' net margin of 0.00%. Vita Coco's return on equity of 26.27% beat Vestis' return on equity.
97.4% of Vestis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Vita Coco shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.2% of Vita Coco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Vita Coco beats Vestis on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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