LWAY vs. JBSS, SENEA, BGS, CVGW, HAIN, FARM, MDLZ, HSY, GIS, and K
Should you be buying Lifeway Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifeway Foods include John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), B&G Foods (BGS), Calavo Growers (CVGW), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), 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.
Lifeway Foods vs.
Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY) and John B. Sanfilippo & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Lifeway Foods has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its stock price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.
36.4% of Lifeway Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.9% of Lifeway Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son has higher revenue and earnings than Lifeway Foods. John B. Sanfilippo & Son is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lifeway Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lifeway Foods received 147 more outperform votes than John B. Sanfilippo & Son when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.03% of users gave Lifeway Foods an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave John B. Sanfilippo & Son an outperform vote.
Lifeway Foods currently has a consensus target price of $26.50, suggesting a potential upside of 8.16%. Given Lifeway Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lifeway Foods is more favorable than John B. Sanfilippo & Son.
In the previous week, John B. Sanfilippo & Son had 1 more articles in the media than Lifeway Foods. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son and 7 mentions for Lifeway Foods. John B. Sanfilippo & Son's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Lifeway Foods' score of 0.61 indicating that John B. Sanfilippo & Son is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lifeway Foods has a net margin of 7.23% compared to John B. Sanfilippo & Son's net margin of 4.36%. Lifeway Foods' return on equity of 19.97% beat John B. Sanfilippo & Son's return on equity.
Lifeway Foods pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays an annual dividend of $0.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lifeway Foods pays out 13.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. John B. Sanfilippo & Son pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Lifeway Foods beats John B. Sanfilippo & Son on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LWAY) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
