Analyzing Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) & BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR)

BellRing Brands (NYSE:BRBR) and Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BellRing Brands and Seneca Foods”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BellRing Brands	$2.32 billion	0.95	$216.20 million	$1.45	12.89
Seneca Foods	$1.58 billion	0.63	$41.22 million	$13.00	11.29

BellRing Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Seneca Foods. Seneca Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BellRing Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.0% of BellRing Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of BellRing Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Seneca Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

BellRing Brands has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.02, indicating that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for BellRing Brands and Seneca Foods, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BellRing Brands	1	6	12	0	2.58
Seneca Foods	0	0	1	0	3.00

BellRing Brands presently has a consensus target price of $37.25, suggesting a potential upside of 99.33%. Given BellRing Brands’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BellRing Brands is more favorable than Seneca Foods.

Profitability

This table compares BellRing Brands and Seneca Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BellRing Brands	7.88%	-64.79%	25.12%
Seneca Foods	5.58%	12.30%	6.65%

Summary

BellRing Brands beats Seneca Foods on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BellRing Brands

BellRing Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various nutrition products in the United States. The company offers ready-to-drink (RTD) protein shakes, other RTD beverages, powders, nutrition bars, and other products primarily under the Premier Protein and Dymatize brands. It distributes its products through club, food, drug, mass, eCommerce, specialty, and convenience channels. BellRing Brands, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.

About Seneca Foods

Seneca Foods Corporation provides packaged fruits and vegetables in the United States and internationally. The company offers canned, frozen, and jarred produce; jarred fruit; and snack chips and other food products under the private label, as well as under various national and regional brands that the company owns or licenses, including Seneca, Libby’s, Aunt Nellie’s, Cherryman, Green Valley, and READ. In addition, it packs canned and frozen vegetables under contract packing agreements. Further, the company engages in the sale of cans, ends, and seeds, as well as trucking and aircraft operations. It provides its products to grocery outlets, including supermarkets, mass merchandisers, limited assortment stores, club stores, and dollar stores; specialty retailers; and food service distributors, restaurant chains, industrial markets, other food packagers, and export customers in approximately 55 countries, as well as federal, state, and local governments for school and other feeding programs. Seneca Foods Corporation was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in Fairport, New York.