LWAY vs. CBUS, LMNR, MED, CSV, ALCO, BYND, FREE, SENEA, MAMA, and YSG
Should you be buying Lifeway Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lifeway Foods include Cibus (CBUS), Limoneira (LMNR), Medifast (MED), Carriage Services (CSV), Alico (ALCO), Beyond Meat (BYND), Whole Earth Brands (FREE), Seneca Foods (SENEA), Mama's Creations (MAMA), and Yatsen (YSG). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) and Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
Lifeway Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Cibus. Cibus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lifeway Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lifeway Foods had 7 more articles in the media than Cibus. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lifeway Foods and 1 mentions for Cibus. Cibus' average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Lifeway Foods' score of 0.00 indicating that Lifeway Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cibus currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.83%. Lifeway Foods has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential downside of 21.59%. Given Lifeway Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cibus is more favorable than Lifeway Foods.
33.8% of Cibus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of Lifeway Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Cibus shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Lifeway Foods shares are held 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.
Lifeway Foods has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Lifeway Foods' net margin of -14,729.06%. Cibus' return on equity of 20.92% beat Lifeway Foods' return on equity.
Lifeway Foods received 297 more outperform votes than Cibus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Cibus an outperform vote while only 70.19% of users gave Lifeway Foods an outperform vote.
Cibus has a beta of 1.92, meaning that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifeway Foods has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lifeway Foods beats Cibus on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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