TreeHouse Foods (THS) Competitors

Post (NYSE:POST) and TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer POST or THS?

TreeHouse Foods received 67 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.63% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 65.29% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Post	Outperform Votes 422 67.63%	Underperform Votes 202 32.37%
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 65.29%	Underperform Votes 260 34.71%

Do analysts rate POST or THS?

Post currently has a consensus price target of $124.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.33%. TreeHouse Foods has a consensus price target of $38.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.29%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Post is more favorable than TreeHouse Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Post	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor POST or THS?

In the previous week, Post had 31 more articles in the media than TreeHouse Foods. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Post and 3 mentions for TreeHouse Foods. TreeHouse Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat Post's score of -0.07 indicating that TreeHouse Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Post	7 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TreeHouse Foods	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is POST or THS more profitable?

Post has a net margin of 4.46% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of -0.41%. Post's return on equity of 10.91% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Post	4.46%	10.91%	3.58%
TreeHouse Foods	-0.41%	5.42%	2.17%

Which has more volatility and risk, POST or THS?

Post has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in POST or THS?

94.9% of Post shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Post shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TreeHouse Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, POST or THS?

Post has higher revenue and earnings than TreeHouse Foods. TreeHouse Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Post, 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
Post	$6.99B	0.92	$301.30M	$5.37	20.43
TreeHouse Foods	$3.38B	0.57	$53.10M	-$0.27	-136.37

Summary

Post beats TreeHouse Foods on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.