INGR vs. POST, FRPT, KLG, COKE, NYT, DAR, CHWY, ARMK, PPC, and FLO
Should you be buying Ingredion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ingredion include Post (POST), Freshpet (FRPT), WK Kellogg (KLG), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), New York Times (NYT), Darling Ingredients (DAR), Chewy (CHWY), Aramark (ARMK), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), and Flowers Foods (FLO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Ingredion (NYSE:INGR) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Ingredion has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Post had 91 more articles in the media than Ingredion. MarketBeat recorded 97 mentions for Post and 6 mentions for Ingredion. Ingredion's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Post's score of -0.17 indicating that Ingredion is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ingredion has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Post's net margin of 4.03%. Ingredion's return on equity of 18.57% beat Post's return on equity.
85.3% of Ingredion shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Post shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Ingredion shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Post shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ingredion presently has a consensus price target of $126.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.81%. Post has a consensus price target of $109.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.07%. Given Ingredion's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ingredion is more favorable than Post.
Ingredion has higher revenue and earnings than Post. Ingredion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Post, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Post received 42 more outperform votes than Ingredion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.42% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 57.01% of users gave Ingredion an outperform vote.
Summary
Ingredion and Post tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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