FRPT vs. POST, INGR, KLG, BROS, FLO, LANC, RH, CHWY, DAR, and FIZZ
Should you be buying Freshpet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freshpet include Post (POST), Ingredion (INGR), WK Kellogg (KLG), Dutch Bros (BROS), Flowers Foods (FLO), Lancaster Colony (LANC), RH (RH), Chewy (CHWY), Darling Ingredients (DAR), and National Beverage (FIZZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Freshpet (NASDAQ:FRPT) and Post (NYSE:POST) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Freshpet has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Post has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.9% of Post shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Freshpet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Post shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Post has higher revenue and earnings than Freshpet. Post is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freshpet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Post has a net margin of 4.38% compared to Freshpet's net margin of 1.19%. Post's return on equity of 10.93% beat Freshpet's return on equity.
Freshpet received 54 more outperform votes than Post when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.58% of users gave Post an outperform vote while only 62.24% of users gave Freshpet an outperform vote.
Freshpet presently has a consensus target price of $119.71, indicating a potential downside of 5.48%. Post has a consensus target price of $113.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.01%. Given Post's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Post is more favorable than Freshpet.
In the previous week, Post had 72 more articles in the media than Freshpet. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for Post and 7 mentions for Freshpet. Freshpet's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Post's score of -0.05 indicating that Freshpet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Post beats Freshpet on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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