China Xiangtai Food (PLIN) Competitors

Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) and China Xiangtai Food (NASDAQ:PLIN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Does the media prefer HRL or PLIN?

In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 34 more articles in the media than China Xiangtai Food. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Hormel Foods and 0 mentions for China Xiangtai Food. China Xiangtai Food's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Hormel Foods' score of 0.00 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hormel Foods	Positive
China Xiangtai Food	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HRL or PLIN?

Hormel Foods has higher revenue and earnings than China Xiangtai Food.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hormel Foods	$12.11B	1.40	$793.57M	$1.40	22.13
China Xiangtai Food	$80.50M	2.72	-$45.61M	N/A	N/A

Is HRL or PLIN more profitable?

Hormel Foods has a net margin of 6.37% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 0.00%. China Xiangtai Food's return on equity of 11.12% beat Hormel Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hormel Foods	6.37%	11.12%	6.47%
China Xiangtai Food	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, HRL or PLIN?

Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Xiangtai Food has a beta of 0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HRL or PLIN?

41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of China Xiangtai Food shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HRL or PLIN?

Hormel Foods received 426 more outperform votes than China Xiangtai Food when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave China Xiangtai Food an outperform vote while only 57.51% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hormel Foods	Outperform Votes 448 57.51%	Underperform Votes 331 42.49%
China Xiangtai Food	Outperform Votes 22 66.67%	Underperform Votes 11 33.33%

Do analysts rate HRL or PLIN?

Hormel Foods currently has a consensus price target of $31.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.22%. Given China Xiangtai Food's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hormel Foods is more favorable than China Xiangtai Food.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hormel Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
China Xiangtai Food	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Hormel Foods beats China Xiangtai Food on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.