Seneca Foods (SENEA) Competitors

Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) and Landec (NASDAQ:LNDC) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SENEA or LNDC?

Landec received 155 more outperform votes than Seneca Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.17% of users gave Seneca Foods an outperform vote while only 50.62% of users gave Landec an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seneca Foods	Outperform Votes 129 59.17%	Underperform Votes 89 40.83%
Landec	Outperform Votes 284 50.62%	Underperform Votes 277 49.38%

Does the media refer more to SENEA or LNDC?

In the previous week, Seneca Foods had 2 more articles in the media than Landec. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Seneca Foods and 0 mentions for Landec. Seneca Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Landec's score of 0.55 indicating that Seneca Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Seneca Foods	Positive
Landec	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SENEA or LNDC?

Seneca Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Landec. Landec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seneca Foods, 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
Seneca Foods	$1.46B	0.33	$63.32M	$5.83	12.00
Landec	$185.79M	0.00	-$97.43M	-$3.38	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, SENEA or LNDC?

Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Landec has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SENEA or LNDC more profitable?

Seneca Foods has a net margin of 2.79% compared to Landec's net margin of -36.49%. Seneca Foods' return on equity of 10.43% beat Landec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seneca Foods	2.79%	10.43%	4.30%
Landec	-36.49%	-16.79%	-6.38%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SENEA or LNDC?

42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Landec shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Landec shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Seneca Foods beats Landec on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.