LWAY vs. JBSS, SENEA, BGS, CVGW, HAIN, FARM, MDLZ, GIS, HSY, 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), General Mills (GIS), Hershey (HSY), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Lifeway Foods currently has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.32%. Given Lifeway Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Lifeway Foods is more favorable than John B. Sanfilippo & Son.
In the previous week, Lifeway Foods had 9 more articles in the media than John B. Sanfilippo & Son. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lifeway Foods and 0 mentions for John B. Sanfilippo & Son. Lifeway Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat John B. Sanfilippo & Son's score of 0.00 indicating that Lifeway Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 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.
36.4% of Lifeway Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of Lifeway Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lifeway Foods has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, John B. Sanfilippo & Son has a beta of 0.11, meaning that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lifeway Foods received 147 more outperform votes than John B. Sanfilippo & Son when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave Lifeway Foods an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave John B. Sanfilippo & Son an outperform vote.
Summary
Lifeway Foods beats John B. Sanfilippo & Son on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LWAY) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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