Lancaster Colony (LANC) Competitors

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) and Lancaster Colony (NASDAQ:LANC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, THS or LANC?

Lancaster Colony has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TreeHouse Foods. TreeHouse Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lancaster Colony, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TreeHouse Foods	$3.43B	0.55	$53.10M	$0.95	36.98
Lancaster Colony	$1.87B	2.84	$111.29M	$4.82	40.11

Does the MarketBeat Community favor THS or LANC?

TreeHouse Foods received 102 more outperform votes than Lancaster Colony when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.90% of users gave TreeHouse Foods an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave Lancaster Colony an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TreeHouse Foods	Outperform Votes 489 65.90%	Underperform Votes 253 34.10%
Lancaster Colony	Outperform Votes 387 63.24%	Underperform Votes 225 36.76%

Does the media prefer THS or LANC?

In the previous week, TreeHouse Foods had 10 more articles in the media than Lancaster Colony. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for TreeHouse Foods and 20 mentions for Lancaster Colony. TreeHouse Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Lancaster Colony's score of 0.06 indicating that Lancaster Colony is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TreeHouse Foods	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lancaster Colony	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, THS or LANC?

TreeHouse Foods has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lancaster Colony has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in THS or LANC?

99.8% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Lancaster Colony shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TreeHouse Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of Lancaster Colony shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is THS or LANC more profitable?

Lancaster Colony has a net margin of 7.10% compared to Lancaster Colony's net margin of 1.51%. TreeHouse Foods' return on equity of 18.96% beat Lancaster Colony's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TreeHouse Foods	1.51%	8.09%	3.22%
Lancaster Colony	7.10%	18.96%	14.80%

Do analysts prefer THS or LANC?

TreeHouse Foods currently has a consensus price target of $44.33, suggesting a potential upside of 25.91%. Lancaster Colony has a consensus price target of $198.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.78%. Given Lancaster Colony's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TreeHouse Foods is more favorable than Lancaster Colony.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TreeHouse Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Lancaster Colony	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

Lancaster Colony beats TreeHouse Foods on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.