China Xiangtai Food (PLIN) Competitors

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

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 Foods	6.75%	10.95%	6.39%
China Xiangtai Food	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HRL or PLIN?

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

Which has more volatility and risk, HRL or PLIN?

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HRL or PLIN?

41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of China Xiangtai Food shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by 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.

Do analysts recommend HRL or PLIN?

Hormel Foods presently has a consensus target price of $31.29, indicating a potential downside of 1.24%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
China Xiangtai Food	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HRL or PLIN?

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
Hormel Foods	$11.92B	1.46	$805.04M	$1.46	21.70
China Xiangtai Food	$80.50M	0.65	-$45.61M	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to HRL or PLIN?

In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 7 more articles in the media than China Xiangtai Food. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Hormel Foods and 0 mentions for China Xiangtai Food. Hormel Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat China Xiangtai Food's score of 0.00 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hormel Foods	Positive
China Xiangtai Food	Neutral

Summary

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