STKL vs. UVV, BIOX, AVO, EWCZ, OLPX, MATW, LVRO, LESL, BGS, and WEST
Should you be buying SunOpta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunOpta include Universal (UVV), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Mission Produce (AVO), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Olaplex (OLPX), Matthews International (MATW), Lavoro (LVRO), Leslie's (LESL), B&G Foods (BGS), and Westrock Coffee (WEST). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
SunOpta (NASDAQ:STKL) and Universal (NYSE:UVV) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Universal has a net margin of 4.98% compared to SunOpta's net margin of -22.85%. Universal's return on equity of 7.46% beat SunOpta's return on equity.
SunOpta presently has a consensus target price of $9.40, suggesting a potential upside of 40.51%. Given SunOpta's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SunOpta is more favorable than Universal.
In the previous week, Universal had 3 more articles in the media than SunOpta. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Universal and 4 mentions for SunOpta. SunOpta's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Universal's score of 0.08 indicating that SunOpta is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal has higher revenue and earnings than SunOpta. SunOpta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SunOpta received 355 more outperform votes than Universal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.02% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Universal an outperform vote.
SunOpta has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
85.4% of SunOpta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Universal shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of SunOpta shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Universal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
SunOpta beats Universal on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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