SENEA vs. LNDC, JBSS, BGS, HAIN, CVGW, LWAY, FARM, SJM, MDLZ, and HSY
Should you be buying Seneca Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seneca Foods include Landec (LNDC), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), B&G Foods (BGS), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), Farmer Bros. (FARM), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), and Hershey (HSY).
Landec (NASDAQ:LNDC) and Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
85.8% of Landec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 14.6% of Landec shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Seneca Foods shares are held 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.
Landec received 155 more outperform votes than Seneca Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave Seneca Foods an outperform vote while only 52.69% of users gave Landec an outperform vote.
Seneca Foods has a net margin of 3.81% compared to Seneca Foods' net margin of -36.49%. Landec's return on equity of 14.48% beat Seneca Foods' return on equity.
Landec has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Seneca Foods had 4 more articles in the media than Landec. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Seneca Foods and 0 mentions for Landec. Seneca Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Landec's score of 0.26 indicating that Landec is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Seneca Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Landec. Landec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seneca Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Seneca Foods beats Landec on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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