HLF vs. SOY, JWEL, LAS.A, CSW.A, ADW.A, RSI, GCL, SWP, BU, and MFI
Should you be buying High Liner Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of High Liner Foods include SunOpta (SOY), Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), Lassonde Industries (LAS.A), Corby Spirit and Wine (CSW.A), Andrew Peller (ADW.A), Rogers Sugar (RSI), Colabor Group (GCL), Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (SWP), Burcon NutraScience (BU), and Maple Leaf Foods (MFI). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
SunOpta (TSE:SOY) and High Liner Foods (TSE:HLF) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, High Liner Foods had 2 more articles in the media than SunOpta. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for High Liner Foods and 0 mentions for SunOpta. SunOpta's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat High Liner Foods' score of 0.00 indicating that High Liner Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
High Liner Foods has a consensus target price of C$15.42, indicating a potential upside of 16.00%. Given SunOpta's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe High Liner Foods is more favorable than SunOpta.
SunOpta has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Liner Foods has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.5% of SunOpta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of High Liner Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of SunOpta shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.1% of High Liner Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
High Liner Foods received 53 more outperform votes than SunOpta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.31% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 50.72% of users gave High Liner Foods an outperform vote.
High Liner Foods has higher revenue and earnings than SunOpta. SunOpta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than High Liner Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
High Liner Foods has a net margin of 2.93% compared to High Liner Foods' net margin of -27.77%. SunOpta's return on equity of 8.34% beat High Liner Foods' return on equity.
Summary
High Liner Foods beats SunOpta on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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