STKL vs. ANDE, UVV, DTCK, CHSCP, UTZ, HELE, GO, TR, ENR, and WLY
Should you be buying SunOpta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunOpta include Andersons (ANDE), Universal (UVV), Davis Commodities (DTCK), CHS (CHSCP), Utz Brands (UTZ), Helen of Troy (HELE), Grocery Outlet (GO), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), Energizer (ENR), and John Wiley & Sons (WLY).
Andersons (NASDAQ:ANDE) and SunOpta (NASDAQ:STKL) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Andersons has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SunOpta has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Andersons had 5 more articles in the media than SunOpta. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Andersons and 7 mentions for SunOpta. Andersons' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat SunOpta's score of 0.62 indicating that SunOpta is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Andersons has higher revenue and earnings than SunOpta. SunOpta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Andersons, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Andersons has a net margin of 0.89% compared to Andersons' net margin of -24.00%. SunOpta's return on equity of 7.93% beat Andersons' return on equity.
Andersons presently has a consensus price target of $62.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.41%. SunOpta has a consensus price target of $9.40, indicating a potential upside of 56.41%. Given Andersons' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SunOpta is more favorable than Andersons.
87.1% of Andersons shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.4% of SunOpta shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Andersons shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of SunOpta shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SunOpta received 237 more outperform votes than Andersons when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.76% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave Andersons an outperform vote.
Summary
Andersons beats SunOpta on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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