Seneca Foods (SENEA) Competitors

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

Is THS or SENEA more profitable?

Seneca Foods has a net margin of 2.79% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of -0.72%. Seneca Foods' return on equity of 10.43% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods	-0.72%	5.94%	2.38%
Seneca Foods	2.79%	10.43%	4.30%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, THS or SENEA?

Seneca Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TreeHouse Foods. TreeHouse Foods 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
TreeHouse Foods	$3.43B	0.52	$53.10M	-$0.47	-74.49
Seneca Foods	$1.46B	0.35	$63.32M	$5.83	12.59

Which has more risk and volatility, THS or SENEA?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer THS or SENEA?

TreeHouse Foods received 360 more outperform votes than Seneca Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.43% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 59.17% of users gave Seneca Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 64.43%	Underperform Votes 270 35.57%
Seneca Foods	Outperform Votes 129 59.17%	Underperform Votes 89 40.83%

Do analysts prefer THS or SENEA?

TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus target price of $34.80, suggesting a potential downside of 0.60%. Given TreeHouse Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TreeHouse Foods is more favorable than Seneca Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Seneca Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer THS or SENEA?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 7 more articles in the media than Seneca Foods. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 4 mentions for Seneca Foods. Seneca Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of 0.08 indicating that Seneca Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Seneca Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in THS or SENEA?

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Seneca Foods shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Seneca Foods beats TreeHouse Foods on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.