TreeHouse Foods (THS) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in THS or POST?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer THS or POST?

TreeHouse Foods received 66 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.57% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 64.94% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 64.94%	Underperform Votes 264 35.06%
Post	Outperform Votes 423 67.57%	Underperform Votes 203 32.43%

Which has more volatility & risk, THS or POST?

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

Is THS or POST more profitable?

Post has a net margin of 4.63% compared to TreeHouse Foods' net margin of -0.72%. Post's return on equity of 10.49% beat TreeHouse Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods	-0.72%	5.94%	2.38%
Post	4.63%	10.49%	3.41%

Does the media favor THS or POST?

In the previous week, Post had 54 more articles in the media than TreeHouse Foods. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Post and 15 mentions for TreeHouse Foods. Post's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat TreeHouse Foods' score of -0.31 indicating that Post is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Post	23 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer THS or POST?

TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus price target of $34.20, indicating a potential downside of 0.12%. Post has a consensus price target of $124.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.48%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than TreeHouse 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
Post	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has better earnings and valuation, THS or POST?

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
TreeHouse Foods	$3.43B	0.51	$53.10M	-$0.47	-72.85
Post	$7.92B	0.81	$366.70M	$5.64	19.57

Summary

Post beats TreeHouse Foods on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.