Alkaline Water (WTER) Competitors

HF Foods Group (NASDAQ:HFFG) and Alkaline Water (NASDAQ:WTER) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.

Do analysts rate HFFG or WTER?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HF Foods Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Alkaline Water	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, HFFG or WTER?

HF Foods Group has higher revenue and earnings than Alkaline Water.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HF Foods Group	$1.15B	0.14	-$2.17M	$0.05	59.40
Alkaline Water	$63.78M	0.00	-$27.41M	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HFFG or WTER?

24.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.9% of Alkaline Water shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of HF Foods Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Alkaline Water shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HFFG or WTER more profitable?

HF Foods Group has a net margin of 0.27% compared to HF Foods Group's net margin of 0.00%. Alkaline Water's return on equity of 7.62% beat HF Foods Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HF Foods Group	0.27%	7.62%	3.63%
Alkaline Water	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, HFFG or WTER?

HF Foods Group has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alkaline Water has a beta of 4.7, indicating that its share price is 370% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HFFG or WTER?

HF Foods Group received 2 more outperform votes than Alkaline Water when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Alkaline Water an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave HF Foods Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HF Foods Group	Outperform Votes 9 42.86%	Underperform Votes 12 57.14%
Alkaline Water	Outperform Votes 7 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media favor HFFG or WTER?

In the previous week, HF Foods Group had 5 more articles in the media than Alkaline Water. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for HF Foods Group and 1 mentions for Alkaline Water. Alkaline Water's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat HF Foods Group's score of 0.20 indicating that HF Foods Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HF Foods Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alkaline Water	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

HF Foods Group beats Alkaline Water on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.