Benson Hill (BHIL) Competitors

BRF (NYSE:BRFS) and Benson Hill (NASDAQ:BHIL) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend BRFS or BHIL?

BRF currently has a consensus price target of $10.70, indicating a potential upside of 148.84%. Given BRF's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BRF is more favorable than Benson Hill.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRF	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Benson Hill	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BRFS or BHIL?

BRF received 317 more outperform votes than Benson Hill when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.40% of users gave BRF an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Benson Hill an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BRF	Outperform Votes 326 56.40%	Underperform Votes 252 43.60%
Benson Hill	Outperform Votes 9 37.50%	Underperform Votes 15 62.50%

Which has more volatility and risk, BRFS or BHIL?

BRF has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Benson Hill has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BRFS or BHIL more profitable?

BRF has a net margin of 3.61% compared to Benson Hill's net margin of -33.88%. BRF's return on equity of 11.51% beat Benson Hill's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRF	3.61%	11.51%	3.10%
Benson Hill	-33.88%	-124.29%	-40.74%

Does the media prefer BRFS or BHIL?

In the previous week, BRF had 1 more articles in the media than Benson Hill. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BRF and 1 mentions for Benson Hill. Benson Hill's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat BRF's score of 0.99 indicating that Benson Hill is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BRF	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Benson Hill	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BRFS or BHIL?

4.8% of BRF shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of Benson Hill shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BRF shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Benson Hill shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BRFS or BHIL?

Benson Hill has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BRF. Benson Hill is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BRF, 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
BRF	$56.54B	0.08	-$406.32M	$0.05	86.00
Benson Hill	$473.34M	0.09	-$115.31M	-$0.70	-10.11

Summary

BRF beats Benson Hill on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.