BGS vs. HAIN, OTLY, BYND, VITL, NOMD, BIOX, LVRO, NUS, UNFI, and EWCZ
Should you be buying B&G Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of B&G Foods include The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Oatly Group (OTLY), Beyond Meat (BYND), Vital Farms (VITL), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Lavoro (LVRO), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), United Natural Foods (UNFI), and European Wax Center (EWCZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
B&G Foods (NYSE:BGS) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
The Hain Celestial Group has a net margin of -5.14% compared to B&G Foods' net margin of -5.42%. B&G Foods' return on equity of 8.33% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.
The Hain Celestial Group received 457 more outperform votes than B&G Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.70% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 54.80% of users gave B&G Foods an outperform vote.
B&G Foods has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
B&G Foods presently has a consensus target price of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.16%. The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus target price of $11.40, indicating a potential upside of 61.70%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than B&G Foods.
B&G Foods has higher revenue and earnings than The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B&G Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of B&G Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of The Hain Celestial Group 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.
In the previous week, The Hain Celestial Group had 4 more articles in the media than B&G Foods. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group and 6 mentions for B&G Foods. The Hain Celestial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat B&G Foods' score of 0.23 indicating that The Hain Celestial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
The Hain Celestial Group beats B&G Foods on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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