SENEA vs. CBUS, CSV, LMNR, LWAY, YSG, CVGW, LND, BYND, DJCO, and WALD
Should you be buying Seneca Foods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seneca Foods include Cibus (CBUS), Carriage Services (CSV), Limoneira (LMNR), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), Yatsen (YSG), Calavo Growers (CVGW), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Beyond Meat (BYND), Daily Journal (DJCO), and Waldencast (WALD). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) and Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, Cibus and Cibus both had 5 articles in the media. Seneca Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Cibus' score of 0.09 indicating that Cibus is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cibus currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.14%. Given Seneca Foods' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cibus is more favorable than Seneca Foods.
Seneca Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Cibus. Cibus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seneca Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Seneca Foods has a net margin of 3.81% compared to Seneca Foods' net margin of -12,313.28%. Cibus' return on equity of 14.48% beat Seneca Foods' return on equity.
33.8% of Cibus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 49.4% of Cibus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Seneca Foods shares are held 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.
Seneca Foods received 126 more outperform votes than Cibus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Cibus an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Seneca Foods an outperform vote.
Cibus has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Seneca Foods beats Cibus on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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