Benson Hill (BHIL) Competitors

Barfresh Food Group (NASDAQ:BRFH) and Benson Hill (NASDAQ:BHIL) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BRFH or BHIL?

22.7% of Barfresh Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of Benson Hill shares are held by institutional investors. 37.2% of Barfresh Food Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Benson Hill shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer BRFH or BHIL?

Barfresh Food Group currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 60.49%. Given Barfresh Food Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Barfresh Food Group is more favorable than Benson Hill.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Barfresh Food Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Benson Hill	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BRFH or BHIL?

Barfresh Food Group received 199 more outperform votes than Benson Hill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.94% of users gave Barfresh Food Group an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Benson Hill an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Barfresh Food Group	Outperform Votes 208 59.94%	Underperform Votes 139 40.06%
Benson Hill	Outperform Votes 9 37.50%	Underperform Votes 15 62.50%

Which has more risk and volatility, BRFH or BHIL?

Barfresh Food Group has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benson Hill has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BRFH or BHIL more profitable?

Barfresh Food Group has a net margin of -27.14% compared to Benson Hill's net margin of -49.50%. Barfresh Food Group's return on equity of -131.76% beat Benson Hill's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barfresh Food Group	-27.14%	-131.76%	-64.20%
Benson Hill	-49.50%	-179.76%	-53.51%

Does the media favor BRFH or BHIL?

In the previous week, Barfresh Food Group had 2 more articles in the media than Benson Hill. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Barfresh Food Group and 0 mentions for Benson Hill. Barfresh Food Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Benson Hill's score of 0.00 indicating that Barfresh Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Barfresh Food Group	Positive
Benson Hill	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, BRFH or BHIL?

Barfresh Food Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Benson Hill. Barfresh Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Benson Hill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barfresh Food Group	$8.13M	5.09	-$2.82M	-$0.18	-15.58
Benson Hill	$473.34M	0.02	-$115.31M	-$18.56	-0.10

Summary

Barfresh Food Group beats Benson Hill on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.