Oatly Group (OTLY) Competitors

Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY) and Oatly Group (NASDAQ:OTLY) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LWAY or OTLY?

Lifeway Foods received 262 more outperform votes than Oatly Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.48% of users gave Lifeway Foods an outperform vote while only 42.57% of users gave Oatly Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lifeway Foods	Outperform Votes 305 69.48%	Underperform Votes 134 30.52%
Oatly Group	Outperform Votes 43 42.57%	Underperform Votes 58 57.43%

Is LWAY or OTLY more profitable?

Lifeway Foods has a net margin of 7.23% compared to Oatly Group's net margin of -50.33%. Lifeway Foods' return on equity of 19.97% beat Oatly Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lifeway Foods	7.23%	19.97%	15.44%
Oatly Group	-50.33%	-76.54%	-20.75%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of LWAY or OTLY?

36.4% of Lifeway Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Oatly Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.9% of Lifeway Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Oatly Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate LWAY or OTLY?

Lifeway Foods currently has a consensus target price of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.37%. Oatly Group has a consensus target price of $1.27, indicating a potential upside of 90.45%. Given Oatly Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Oatly Group is more favorable than Lifeway Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lifeway Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Oatly Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media prefer LWAY or OTLY?

In the previous week, Lifeway Foods had 17 more articles in the media than Oatly Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Lifeway Foods and 1 mentions for Oatly Group. Oatly Group's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Lifeway Foods' score of 0.34 indicating that Oatly Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lifeway Foods	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Oatly Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, LWAY or OTLY?

Lifeway Foods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Oatly Group. Oatly Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lifeway Foods, 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
Lifeway Foods	$181.98M	1.95	$11.37M	$0.86	27.92
Oatly Group	$813.47M	0.49	-$416.87M	-$0.69	-0.96

Which has more risk & volatility, LWAY or OTLY?

Lifeway Foods has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oatly Group has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lifeway Foods beats Oatly Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.