Beyond Meat (BYND) Competitors

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) and B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) 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 valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the media prefer BYND or BGS?

In the previous week, B&G Foods had 5 more articles in the media than Beyond Meat. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for B&G Foods and 3 mentions for Beyond Meat. B&G Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Beyond Meat's score of 0.07 indicating that B&G Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beyond Meat	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
B&G Foods	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BYND or BGS?

52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Beyond Meat shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend BYND or BGS?

Beyond Meat currently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.80%. B&G Foods has a consensus price target of $8.30, indicating a potential upside of 32.27%. Given B&G Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe B&G Foods is more favorable than Beyond Meat.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond Meat	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
B&G Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Is BYND or BGS more profitable?

B&G Foods has a net margin of -1.34% compared to Beyond Meat's net margin of -83.63%. B&G Foods' return on equity of 6.97% beat Beyond Meat's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond Meat	-83.63%	N/A	-22.99%
B&G Foods	-1.34%	6.97%	1.61%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BYND or BGS?

B&G Foods received 173 more outperform votes than Beyond Meat when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.88% of users gave B&G Foods an outperform vote while only 45.02% of users gave Beyond Meat an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Beyond Meat	Outperform Votes 181 45.02%	Underperform Votes 221 54.98%
B&G Foods	Outperform Votes 354 53.88%	Underperform Votes 303 46.12%

Which has more volatility & risk, BYND or BGS?

Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&G Foods has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BYND or BGS?

B&G Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond Meat. B&G Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beyond Meat, 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
Beyond Meat	$343.38M	0.98	-$338.14M	-$4.18	-1.23
B&G Foods	$1.96B	0.25	-$66.20M	-$0.34	-18.46

Summary

B&G Foods beats Beyond Meat on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.