UVV vs. FDP, CHEF, COCO, JBSS, AGRO, VITL, SCHL, NAPA, OLPX, and WEST
Should you be buying Universal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal include Fresh Del Monte Produce (FDP), Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), Vita Coco (COCO), John B. Sanfilippo & Son (JBSS), Adecoagro (AGRO), Vital Farms (VITL), Scholastic (SCHL), Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA), Olaplex (OLPX), and Westrock Coffee (WEST). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Universal (NYSE:UVV) and Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE:FDP) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Fresh Del Monte Produce received 72 more outperform votes than Universal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.56% of users gave Fresh Del Monte Produce an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Universal an outperform vote.
Universal has a net margin of 4.98% compared to Fresh Del Monte Produce's net margin of -0.56%. Universal's return on equity of 7.46% beat Fresh Del Monte Produce's return on equity.
81.0% of Universal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Universal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.7% of Fresh Del Monte Produce shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fresh Del Monte Produce had 10 more articles in the media than Universal. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Fresh Del Monte Produce and 5 mentions for Universal. Fresh Del Monte Produce's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Universal's score of 0.17 indicating that Fresh Del Monte Produce is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Universal has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fresh Del Monte Produce has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Universal pays out 60.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fresh Del Monte Produce pays out -196.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Universal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fresh Del Monte Produce. Fresh Del Monte Produce is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Universal beats Fresh Del Monte Produce on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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