BGS vs. HAIN, OTLY, BYND, VITL, NOMD, BIOX, LVRO, NUS, UNFI, and EWCZ
Should you be buying B&G Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B&G Foods include The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Oatly Group (OTLY), Beyond Meat (BYND), Vital Farms (VITL), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Lavoro (LVRO), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), United Natural Foods (UNFI), and European Wax Center (EWCZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
B&G Foods has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The Hain Celestial Group received 457 more outperform votes than B&G Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.70% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 54.80% of users gave B&G Foods an outperform vote.
In the previous week, The Hain Celestial Group had 1 more articles in the media than B&G Foods. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group and 6 mentions for B&G Foods. B&G Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat The Hain Celestial Group's score of 0.37 indicating that B&G Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
66.2% of B&G Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of B&G Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Hain Celestial Group has a net margin of -5.14% compared to B&G Foods' net margin of -5.42%. B&G Foods' return on equity of 8.33% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.
B&G Foods currently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.54%. The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus target price of $11.40, indicating a potential upside of 65.46%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than B&G Foods.
B&G Foods has higher revenue and earnings than The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B&G Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Hain Celestial Group beats B&G Foods on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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