MATW vs. AVO, BRCC, BGS, LESL, BIOX, NAPA, WEST, OTLY, OLPX, and EWCZ
Should you be buying Matthews International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Matthews International include Mission Produce (AVO), BRC (BRCC), B&G Foods (BGS), Leslie's (LESL), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA), Westrock Coffee (WEST), Oatly Group (OTLY), Olaplex (OLPX), and European Wax Center (EWCZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Mission Produce (NASDAQ:AVO) and Matthews International (NASDAQ:MATW) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Matthews International has a net margin of 1.77% compared to Matthews International's net margin of 0.60%. Mission Produce's return on equity of 16.75% beat Matthews International's return on equity.
Matthews International has higher revenue and earnings than Mission Produce. Matthews International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mission Produce, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Matthews International received 247 more outperform votes than Mission Produce when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Matthews International an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Mission Produce an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Matthews International had 16 more articles in the media than Mission Produce. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Matthews International and 1 mentions for Mission Produce. Matthews International's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Mission Produce's score of 0.28 indicating that Mission Produce is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mission Produce has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matthews International has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
63.6% of Mission Produce shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by institutional investors. 41.6% of Mission Produce shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Matthews International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Mission Produce presently has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.60%. Matthews International has a consensus price target of $59.00, indicating a potential upside of 105.65%. Given Mission Produce's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Matthews International is more favorable than Mission Produce.
Summary
Matthews International beats Mission Produce on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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