SOY vs. JWEL, HLF, MFI, PBH, RSI, LAS.A, CSW.A, NWC, PRMW, and SWP
Should you be buying SunOpta stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SunOpta include Jamieson Wellness (JWEL), High Liner Foods (HLF), Maple Leaf Foods (MFI), Premium Brands (PBH), Rogers Sugar (RSI), Lassonde Industries (LAS.A), Corby Spirit and Wine (CSW.A), North West (NWC), Primo Water (PRMW), and Swiss Water Decaffeinated Coffee (SWP). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
SunOpta (TSE:SOY) and Jamieson Wellness (TSE:JWEL) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Jamieson Wellness has higher revenue and earnings than SunOpta. SunOpta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jamieson Wellness, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jamieson Wellness has a net margin of 7.08% compared to SunOpta's net margin of -27.77%. Jamieson Wellness' return on equity of 10.09% beat SunOpta's return on equity.
SunOpta has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jamieson Wellness has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
89.5% of SunOpta shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.8% of Jamieson Wellness shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of SunOpta shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Jamieson Wellness shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Jamieson Wellness has a consensus target price of C$35.47, suggesting a potential upside of 36.85%. Given Jamieson Wellness' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Jamieson Wellness is more favorable than SunOpta.
Jamieson Wellness received 42 more outperform votes than SunOpta when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.31% of users gave SunOpta an outperform vote while only 64.82% of users gave Jamieson Wellness an outperform vote.
In the previous week, SunOpta and SunOpta both had 1 articles in the media. Jamieson Wellness' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat SunOpta's score of 0.00 indicating that Jamieson Wellness is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Jamieson Wellness beats SunOpta on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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