BGS vs. THS, JBSS, SENEA, CVGW, HAIN, LWAY, FARM, MDLZ, GIS, and HSY
Should you be buying B&G Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B&G Foods include TreeHouse Foods (THS), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Seneca Foods (SENEA), Calavo Growers (CVGW), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), Farmer Bros. (FARM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), General Mills (GIS), and Hershey (HSY). These companies are all part of the "packaged foods & meats" industry.
B&G Foods vs.
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) and B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
TreeHouse Foods has higher revenue and earnings than B&G Foods. B&G Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TreeHouse Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus price target of $34.83, suggesting a potential upside of 14.01%. B&G Foods has a consensus price target of $8.30, suggesting a potential upside of 24.34%. Given B&G Foods' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe B&G Foods is more favorable than TreeHouse Foods.
TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B&G Foods has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TreeHouse Foods received 135 more outperform votes than B&G Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.92% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 53.88% of users gave B&G Foods an outperform vote.
99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of B&G Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of B&G Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 16 more articles in the media than B&G Foods. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 2 mentions for B&G Foods. B&G Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of -0.04 indicating that B&G Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TreeHouse Foods has a net margin of 0.80% compared to B&G Foods' net margin of -1.34%. B&G Foods' return on equity of 6.97% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.
Summary
TreeHouse Foods beats B&G Foods on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BGS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
