HAIN vs. JBSS, SENEA, BGS, CVGW, LWAY, FARM, MDLZ, HSY, GIS, and K
Should you be buying The Hain Celestial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Hain Celestial Group include John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), B&G Foods (BGS), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), Farmer Bros. (FARM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), and Kellanova (K). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
The Hain Celestial Group vs.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
The Hain Celestial Group received 654 more outperform votes than John B. Sanfilippo & Son when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.83% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave John B. Sanfilippo & Son an outperform vote.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a net margin of 4.36% compared to The Hain Celestial Group's net margin of -10.51%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's return on equity of 15.22% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.
The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus target price of $6.31, suggesting a potential upside of 112.54%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than John B. Sanfilippo & Son.
In the previous week, The Hain Celestial Group had 9 more articles in the media than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group and 5 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat The Hain Celestial Group's score of 0.73 indicating that John B. Sanfilippo & Son is being referred to more favorably in the media.
70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than John B. Sanfilippo & Son, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
John B. Sanfilippo & Son and The Hain Celestial Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HAIN) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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