KLG vs. POST, FRPT, AFRI, RIBT, GIS, K, INGR, DAR, LANC, and OLLI
Should you be buying WK Kellogg stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WK Kellogg include Post (POST), Freshpet (FRPT), Forafric Global (AFRI), RiceBran Technologies (RIBT), General Mills (GIS), Kellanova (K), Ingredion (INGR), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Lancaster Colony (LANC), and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI).
WK Kellogg (NYSE:KLG) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Post has higher revenue and earnings than WK Kellogg.
95.7% of WK Kellogg shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of WK Kellogg shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Post 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.
In the previous week, Post had 58 more articles in the media than WK Kellogg. MarketBeat recorded 64 mentions for Post and 6 mentions for WK Kellogg. WK Kellogg's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Post's score of -0.21 indicating that WK Kellogg is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Post received 419 more outperform votes than WK Kellogg when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.58% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave WK Kellogg an outperform vote.
WK Kellogg presently has a consensus target price of $16.95, indicating a potential downside of 10.79%. Post has a consensus target price of $113.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.18%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than WK Kellogg.
Post has a net margin of 4.38% compared to WK Kellogg's net margin of 0.00%. Post's return on equity of 10.93% beat WK Kellogg's return on equity.
Summary
Post beats WK Kellogg on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KLG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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