Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY) Competitors

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (NASDAQ:CRESY) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend CRESY or HAIN?

The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus price target of $12.70, indicating a potential upside of 106.84%. Given The Hain Celestial Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
The Hain Celestial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Which has more volatility and risk, CRESY or HAIN?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CRESY or HAIN?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Hain Celestial Group. The Hain Celestial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	$825.69M	0.66	$245.67M	$3.55	2.60
The Hain Celestial Group	$1.80B	0.31	-$116.54M	-$1.77	-3.47

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRESY or HAIN?

The Hain Celestial Group received 635 more outperform votes than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.90% of users gave The Hain Celestial Group an outperform vote while only 57.38% of users gave Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	Outperform Votes 175 57.38%	Underperform Votes 130 42.62%
The Hain Celestial Group	Outperform Votes 810 67.90%	Underperform Votes 383 32.10%

Is CRESY or HAIN more profitable?

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has a net margin of 24.32% compared to The Hain Celestial Group's net margin of -8.88%. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's return on equity of 8.22% beat The Hain Celestial Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	24.32%	8.22%	3.63%
The Hain Celestial Group	-8.88%	2.48%	1.10%

Does the media refer more to CRESY or HAIN?

In the previous week, The Hain Celestial Group had 2 more articles in the media than Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for The Hain Celestial Group and 2 mentions for Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria. Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat The Hain Celestial Group's score of -0.40 indicating that Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Hain Celestial Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CRESY or HAIN?

12.9% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria beats The Hain Celestial Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.