MGP Ingredients (MGPI) Competitors

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) and MGP Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is CENT or MGPI more profitable?

MGP Ingredients has a net margin of 14.44% compared to Central Garden & Pet's net margin of 3.77%. MGP Ingredients' return on equity of 14.39% beat Central Garden & Pet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet	3.77%	10.08%	4.38%
MGP Ingredients	14.44%	14.39%	8.95%

Do analysts recommend CENT or MGPI?

Central Garden & Pet presently has a consensus target price of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.64%. MGP Ingredients has a consensus target price of $71.29, suggesting a potential upside of 121.45%. Given MGP Ingredients' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MGP Ingredients is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Central Garden & Pet	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
MGP Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CENT or MGPI?

16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CENT or MGPI?

Central Garden & Pet has higher revenue and earnings than MGP Ingredients. MGP Ingredients is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Garden & Pet, 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
Central Garden & Pet	$3.22B	0.76	$107.98M	$1.82	20.45
MGP Ingredients	$836.52M	0.84	$107.47M	$4.81	6.69

Does the media prefer CENT or MGPI?

In the previous week, MGP Ingredients had 3 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MGP Ingredients and 3 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat MGP Ingredients' score of 0.32 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Central Garden & Pet	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
MGP Ingredients	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CENT or MGPI?

MGP Ingredients received 16 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.68% of users gave MGP Ingredients an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Garden & Pet	Outperform Votes 256 60.09%	Underperform Votes 170 39.91%
MGP Ingredients	Outperform Votes 272 61.68%	Underperform Votes 169 38.32%

Which has more volatility & risk, CENT or MGPI?

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGP Ingredients has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MGP Ingredients beats Central Garden & Pet on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.