BYND vs. HAIN, OTLY, BGS, VITL, WALD, DJCO, LND, CVGW, UNFI, and ARKO
Should you be buying Beyond Meat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beyond Meat include The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Oatly Group (OTLY), B&G Foods (BGS), Vital Farms (VITL), Waldencast (WALD), Daily Journal (DJCO), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Calavo Growers (CVGW), United Natural Foods (UNFI), and Arko (ARKO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) and Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its stock price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Hain Celestial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond Meat. The Hain Celestial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beyond Meat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Beyond Meat had 2 more articles in the media than The Hain Celestial Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Beyond Meat and 13 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Beyond Meat's score of 0.03 indicating that Beyond Meat is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Hain Celestial Group received 629 more outperform votes than Beyond Meat when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.90% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 45.59% of users gave Beyond Meat an outperform vote.
The Hain Celestial Group has a net margin of -8.88% compared to The Hain Celestial Group's net margin of -98.48%. Beyond Meat's return on equity of 2.48% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.
The Hain Celestial Group currently has a consensus target price of $12.70, indicating a potential upside of 90.98%. Beyond Meat has a consensus target price of $5.83, indicating a potential downside of 28.95%. Given Beyond Meat's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Beyond Meat.
Summary
The Hain Celestial Group beats Beyond Meat on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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