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MGP Ingredients (MGPI) Competitors

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$40.00 -1.80 (-4.31%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

MGPI vs. WDFC, SAM, TBBB, JJSF, NOMD, ENR, WLYB, UTZ, WLY, and WRBY

Should you be buying MGP Ingredients stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MGP Ingredients include WD-40 (WDFC), Boston Beer (SAM), BBB Foods (TBBB), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Energizer (ENR), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), Utz Brands (UTZ), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), and Warby Parker (WRBY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

MGP Ingredients vs.

WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) and MGP Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, profitability and dividends.

In the previous week, MGP Ingredients had 27 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for MGP Ingredients and 10 mentions for WD-40. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat MGP Ingredients' score of 0.04 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WD-40
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MGP Ingredients
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

91.5% of WD-40 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of MGP Ingredients shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of WD-40 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of MGP Ingredients shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

WD-40 has a beta of -0.07, suggesting that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGP Ingredients has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MGP Ingredients has a net margin of 14.44% compared to WD-40's net margin of 11.79%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.53% beat MGP Ingredients' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WD-4011.79% 31.53% 15.81%
MGP Ingredients 14.44%14.39%8.95%

WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. MGP Ingredients pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. WD-40 pays out 73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MGP Ingredients pays out 10.0% 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.

MGP Ingredients has higher revenue and earnings than WD-40. MGP Ingredients is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WD-40, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WD-40$590.56M5.74$69.64M$5.1148.91
MGP Ingredients$737.72M1.19$107.47M$4.818.32

WD-40 currently has a consensus price target of $301.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.43%. MGP Ingredients has a consensus price target of $76.67, suggesting a potential upside of 91.67%. Given MGP Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MGP Ingredients is more favorable than WD-40.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WD-40
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
MGP Ingredients
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

WD-40 received 10 more outperform votes than MGP Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.50% of users gave MGP Ingredients an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WD-40Outperform Votes
280
53.33%
Underperform Votes
245
46.67%
MGP IngredientsOutperform Votes
270
61.50%
Underperform Votes
169
38.50%

Summary

MGP Ingredients beats WD-40 on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MGPI vs. The Competition

MetricMGP IngredientsBeer, wine, & distilled alcoholic beverages IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$878.12M$1.09B$14.03B$9.08B
Dividend Yield1.13%1.58%2.79%4.23%
P/E Ratio8.326.7821.9717.18
Price / Sales1.191.812.66116.99
Price / Cash6.509.7921.1437.86
Price / Book1.0376.045.854.78
Net Income$107.47M$88.55M$572.90M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-11.45%-4.07%-1.85%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-14.44%-1.94%-3.05%3.36%
1 Year Performance-59.50%-12.31%2.93%16.60%

MGP Ingredients Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGPI
MGP Ingredients
4.6984 of 5 stars
$40.00
-4.3%
$76.67
+91.7%
-59.3%$878.12M$737.72M8.32705News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
WDFC
WD-40
2.2382 of 5 stars
$268.67
+0.8%
$301.00
+12.0%
+5.9%$3.64B$590.56M52.16580News Coverage
SAM
Boston Beer
4.0288 of 5 stars
$312.49
-0.8%
$314.82
+0.7%
-12.3%$3.59B$2.01B46.332,793News Coverage
TBBB
BBB Foods
0.8636 of 5 stars
$29.23
+1.7%
$30.57
+4.6%
N/A$3.28B$2.49B0.0021,924Positive News
JJSF
J&J Snack Foods
3.9164 of 5 stars
$168.69
+0.4%
$200.00
+18.6%
-4.1%$3.28B$1.57B37.755,000Ex-Dividend
Positive News
NOMD
Nomad Foods
4.129 of 5 stars
$17.49
-1.5%
$24.00
+37.2%
+2.2%$2.85B$3.07B13.357,894Analyst Forecast
ENR
Energizer
3.5502 of 5 stars
$36.85
+0.3%
$37.63
+2.1%
+12.1%$2.65B$2.89B70.675,600Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
WLYB
John Wiley & Sons
2.2262 of 5 stars
$46.76
flat
N/A+35.4%$2.53B$1.87B-51.389,500Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
UTZ
Utz Brands
3.757 of 5 stars
$17.64
-0.2%
$21.22
+20.3%
+4.1%$2.49B$1.42B-93.373,654
WLY
John Wiley & Sons
2.0667 of 5 stars
$45.80
-0.1%
N/A+33.4%$2.47B$1.87B-50.376,400Positive News
WRBY
Warby Parker
1.5771 of 5 stars
$24.30
+2.8%
$20.73
-14.7%
+99.1%$2.47B$669.77M-87.523,491Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:MGPI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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