BYND vs. HAIN, OTLY, BGS, VITL, WALD, DJCO, LND, CVGW, UNFI, and ARKO
Should you be buying Beyond Meat stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Beyond Meat include The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Oatly Group (OTLY), B&G Foods (BGS), Vital Farms (VITL), Waldencast (WALD), Daily Journal (DJCO), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Calavo Growers (CVGW), United Natural Foods (UNFI), and Arko (ARKO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) 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 companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Beyond Meat 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Hain Celestial Group received 630 more outperform votes than Beyond Meat when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.87% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 45.36% of users gave Beyond Meat an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Beyond Meat had 7 more articles in the media than The Hain Celestial Group. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Beyond Meat and 25 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Beyond Meat's score of -0.27 indicating that The Hain Celestial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Beyond Meat presently has a consensus price target of $5.36, suggesting a potential downside of 23.80%. The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus price target of $11.90, suggesting a potential upside of 69.27%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Beyond Meat.
The Hain Celestial Group has a net margin of -8.88% compared to Beyond Meat's net margin of -98.48%. The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity of 2.48% beat Beyond Meat's return on equity.
The Hain Celestial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond Meat. The Hain Celestial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beyond Meat, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Hain Celestial Group beats Beyond Meat on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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