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).
Post (NYSE:POST) and WK Kellogg (NYSE:KLG) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Post has higher revenue and earnings than WK Kellogg. WK Kellogg is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Post, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
94.9% of Post shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of WK Kellogg shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Post shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of WK Kellogg 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.
Post currently has a consensus price target of $113.67, suggesting a potential upside of 6.66%. WK Kellogg has a consensus price target of $16.95, suggesting a potential downside of 10.74%. Given WK Kellogg's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Post is more favorable than WK Kellogg.
Post has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Post's net margin of 0.00%. WK Kellogg's return on equity of 10.93% beat Post's return on equity.
In the previous week, Post had 38 more articles in the media than WK Kellogg. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Post and 7 mentions for WK Kellogg. Post's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat WK Kellogg's score of -0.26 indicating that WK Kellogg is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Post beats WK Kellogg on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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