Oatly Group (OTLY) Competitors

WK Kellogg (NYSE:KLG) and Oatly Group (NASDAQ:OTLY) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, KLG or OTLY?

WK Kellogg has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oatly Group has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KLG or OTLY?

Oatly Group received 43 more outperform votes than WK Kellogg when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 42.57% of users gave Oatly Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave WK Kellogg an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WK Kellogg	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 27 100.00%
Oatly Group	Outperform Votes 43 42.57%	Underperform Votes 58 57.43%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KLG or OTLY?

WK Kellogg has higher revenue and earnings than Oatly Group. Oatly Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WK Kellogg, 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
WK Kellogg	$2.76B	0.52	$110M	$0.78	21.27
Oatly Group	$783.35M	0.47	-$416.87M	-$0.69	-0.89

Do analysts rate KLG or OTLY?

WK Kellogg presently has a consensus price target of $17.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.75%. Oatly Group has a consensus price target of $1.27, indicating a potential upside of 105.56%. Given Oatly Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Oatly Group is more favorable than WK Kellogg.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WK Kellogg	4 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Oatly Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is KLG or OTLY more profitable?

WK Kellogg has a net margin of 2.50% compared to Oatly Group's net margin of -50.33%. WK Kellogg's return on equity of 33.41% beat Oatly Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WK Kellogg	2.50%	33.41%	5.60%
Oatly Group	-50.33%	-76.54%	-20.75%

Does the media favor KLG or OTLY?

In the previous week, WK Kellogg and WK Kellogg both had 9 articles in the media. Oatly Group's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat WK Kellogg's score of -0.28 indicating that Oatly Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WK Kellogg	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Oatly Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KLG or OTLY?

95.7% of WK Kellogg shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of Oatly Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of WK Kellogg shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Oatly Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

WK Kellogg and Oatly Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.