The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) Competitors

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) 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 profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer BYND or HAIN?

Beyond Meat presently has a consensus target price of $5.42, suggesting a potential downside of 11.06%. The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus target price of $9.57, suggesting a potential upside of 5.30%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Beyond Meat.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond Meat	4 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.43
The Hain Celestial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Is BYND or HAIN more profitable?

The Hain Celestial Group has a net margin of -4.32% compared to Beyond Meat's net margin of -98.95%. The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity of 3.10% beat Beyond Meat's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond Meat	-98.95%	N/A	-26.84%
The Hain Celestial Group	-4.32%	3.10%	1.38%

Does the media prefer BYND or HAIN?

In the previous week, Beyond Meat had 1 more articles in the media than The Hain Celestial Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Beyond Meat and 3 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group. Beyond Meat's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat The Hain Celestial Group's score of -0.03 indicating that Beyond Meat is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beyond Meat	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
The Hain Celestial Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BYND or HAIN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beyond Meat	$317.78M	1.25	-$338.14M	-$4.86	-1.25
The Hain Celestial Group	$1.74B	0.47	-$75.04M	-$0.84	-10.82

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BYND or HAIN?

52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Beyond Meat shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, BYND or HAIN?

Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BYND or HAIN?

The Hain Celestial Group received 630 more outperform votes than Beyond Meat when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.47% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group 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%
The Hain Celestial Group	Outperform Votes 811 67.47%	Underperform Votes 391 32.53%

Summary

The Hain Celestial Group beats Beyond Meat on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.