China Xiangtai Food (PLIN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, PLIN or HRL?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLIN or HRL?

Hormel Foods received 427 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 57.42% 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 449 57.42%	Underperform Votes 333 42.58%

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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 valuation & earnings, 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	1.34	-$45.61M	N/A	N/A
Hormel Foods	$12.11B	1.39	$793.57M	$1.42	21.67

Do analysts rate PLIN or HRL?

Hormel Foods has a consensus target price of $31.57, suggesting a potential upside of 2.77%. Given Hormel Foods' higher possible 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)	N/A
Hormel Foods	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Does the media favor PLIN or HRL?

In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 6 more articles in the media than China Xiangtai Food. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hormel Foods and 0 mentions for China Xiangtai Food. Hormel Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.93 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

Summary

Hormel Foods beats China Xiangtai Food on 14 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.