China Xiangtai Food (PLIN) Competitors $0.18 -0.02 (-10.11%) As of 04/2/2025 Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsFinancialsHeadlinesSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock PLIN vs. HRL, SFD, BRFS, BRFH, OXUS, WVVI, COOT, ORIS, YHGJ, and DALNShould you be buying China Xiangtai Food stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of China Xiangtai Food include Hormel Foods (HRL), Smithfield Foods (SFD), BRF (BRFS), Barfresh Food Group (BRFH), Oxus Acquisition (OXUS), Willamette Valley Vineyards (WVVI), Australian Oilseeds (COOT), Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares (ORIS), Yunhong Green CTI (YHGJ), and DallasNews (DALN). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector. China Xiangtai Food vs. Hormel Foods Smithfield Foods BRF Barfresh Food Group Oxus Acquisition Willamette Valley Vineyards Australian Oilseeds Oriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares Yunhong Green CTI DallasNews Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) and China Xiangtai Food (NASDAQ:PLIN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation. Which has more volatility and risk, HRL or PLIN? Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Xiangtai Food has a beta of 0.01, meaning that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals and insiders believe in HRL or PLIN? 41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of China Xiangtai Food shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better valuation & earnings, HRL or PLIN? Hormel Foods has higher revenue and earnings than China Xiangtai Food. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioHormel Foods$11.91B1.45$805.04M$1.3722.93China Xiangtai Food$80.50M0.13-$45.61MN/AN/A Does the MarketBeat Community favor HRL or PLIN? Hormel Foods received 429 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 57.38% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformHormel FoodsOutperform Votes45157.38% Underperform Votes33542.62% China Xiangtai FoodOutperform Votes2266.67% Underperform Votes1133.33% Do analysts rate HRL or PLIN? Hormel Foods currently has a consensus price target of $31.80, indicating a potential upside of 1.24%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hormel Foods is more favorable than China Xiangtai Food.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Hormel Foods 1 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40China Xiangtai Food 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Does the media prefer HRL or PLIN? In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 25 more articles in the media than China Xiangtai Food. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Hormel Foods and 1 mentions for China Xiangtai Food. Hormel Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat China Xiangtai Food's score of 0.76 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Hormel Foods 22 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive China Xiangtai Food 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is HRL or PLIN more profitable? Hormel Foods has a net margin of 6.75% compared to China Xiangtai Food's net margin of 0.00%. Hormel Foods' return on equity of 10.95% beat China Xiangtai Food's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Hormel Foods6.75% 10.95% 6.39% China Xiangtai Food N/A N/A N/A SummaryHormel Foods beats China Xiangtai Food on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PLIN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricChina Xiangtai FoodMeat Packing Plants IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$10.30M$6.18B$17.07B$7.50BDividend YieldN/A3.27%2.87%4.05%P/E RatioN/A13.7515.9318.08Price / Sales0.130.452.4889.38Price / CashN/A8.7816.3934.64Price / Book-4.401.076.663.99Net Income-$45.61M$250.29M$731.75M$247.18M7 Day Performance-19.96%-4.55%-1.56%-4.25%1 Month Performance-44.88%-4.80%-1.95%-6.87%1 Year Performance-95.45%-25.19%-1.10%-3.73% China Xiangtai Food Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PLINChina Xiangtai FoodN/A$0.18-10.1%N/A-95.6%$10.30M$80.50M0.00154Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeHRLHormel Foods3.4657 of 5 stars$30.95+1.9%$31.80+2.8%-9.6%$17.02B$11.91B21.2020,000Positive NewsSFDSmithfield Foods3.8158 of 5 stars$20.39+0.8%$27.86+36.6%N/A$8.02B$14.14B8.9837,417BRFSBRF3.4986 of 5 stars$3.45+1.0%$10.70+210.6%+8.3%$3.73B$61.38B8.01105,000BRFHBarfresh Food Group2.0827 of 5 stars$3.05-0.3%$4.50+47.5%+151.8%$45.16M$9.85M-16.9410Gap DownOXUSOxus AcquisitionN/A$5.89+1.2%N/A+26.9%$38.65MN/A-28.052,021WVVIWillamette Valley Vineyards0.9552 of 5 stars$5.94-1.8%N/A+30.1%$29.49M$39.26M-9.74270Analyst ForecastGap DownCOOTAustralian OilseedsN/A$1.24-6.0%N/A-8.3%$28.82M$34.32M0.00N/AEarnings ReportNews CoverageORISOriental Rise Holdings Limited Ordinary SharesN/A$1.24+11.7%N/AN/A$26.97M$16.75M0.00N/AGap DownYHGJYunhong Green CTI0.5468 of 5 stars$1.01-4.0%N/A-32.5%$26.11M$18.56M-12.6370DALNDallasNewsN/A$4.56-3.0%N/A+8.3%$24.41M$125.39M-4.07660 Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies HRL Competitors SFD Competitors BRFS Competitors BRFH Competitors OXUS Competitors WVVI Competitors COOT Competitors ORIS Competitors YHGJ Competitors DALN Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PLIN) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump Allies Confirm Exec Order 14024 Triggers Dollar CollapseExecutive Order 14024 is paving the way for irreversible damage to the dollar's value—threatening your wealth,...Priority Gold | SponsoredTrump Orders 'National Digital Asset Stockpile'‘Digital Asset Reserve’ for THIS Coin??? 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