LWAY vs. THS, JBSS, SENEA, CVGW, BGS, HAIN, FARM, MDLZ, HSY, and K
Should you be buying Lifeway Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifeway Foods include TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), Calavo Growers (CVGW), B&G Foods (BGS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Farmer Brothers (FARM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Hershey (HSY), and Kellanova (K). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
Lifeway Foods vs. Its Competitors
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) and Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of Lifeway Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.9% of Lifeway Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 1 more articles in the media than Lifeway Foods. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 3 mentions for Lifeway Foods. Lifeway Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.21 indicating that Lifeway Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus target price of $27.17, indicating a potential upside of 28.15%. Lifeway Foods has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.55%. Given TreeHouse Foods' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe TreeHouse Foods is more favorable than Lifeway Foods.
TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifeway Foods has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lifeway Foods has a net margin of 5.39% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of 0.20%. Lifeway Foods' return on equity of 14.20% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.
TreeHouse Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Lifeway Foods. Lifeway Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TreeHouse Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lifeway Foods beats TreeHouse Foods on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:LWAY) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
