China Xiangtai Food (PLIN) Competitors

China Xiangtai Food (NASDAQ:PLIN) and Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has more volatility and risk, PLIN or HRL?

China Xiangtai Food has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PLIN or HRL?

Hormel Foods has a consensus target price of $31.29, suggesting a potential upside of 2.51%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hormel Foods is more favorable than China Xiangtai Food.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Xiangtai Food	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hormel Foods	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PLIN or HRL?

1.5% of China Xiangtai Food shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor PLIN or HRL?

In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 14 more articles in the media than China Xiangtai Food. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hormel Foods and 0 mentions for China Xiangtai Food. Hormel Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat China Xiangtai Food's score of 0.00 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
China Xiangtai Food	Neutral
Hormel Foods	Positive

Is PLIN or HRL more profitable?

Hormel Foods has a net margin of 6.52% compared to China Xiangtai Food's net margin of 0.00%. Hormel Foods' return on equity of 11.03% beat China Xiangtai Food's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Xiangtai Food	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hormel Foods	6.52%	11.03%	6.38%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PLIN or HRL?

Hormel Foods has higher revenue and earnings than China Xiangtai Food.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Xiangtai Food	$80.50M	0.99	-$45.61M	N/A	N/A
Hormel Foods	$12.11B	1.38	$793.57M	$1.42	21.49

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLIN or HRL?

Hormel Foods received 428 more outperform votes than China Xiangtai Food when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave China Xiangtai Food an outperform vote while only 57.47% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
China Xiangtai Food	Outperform Votes 22 66.67%	Underperform Votes 11 33.33%
Hormel Foods	Outperform Votes 450 57.47%	Underperform Votes 333 42.53%

Summary

Hormel Foods beats China Xiangtai Food on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.