Tofutti Brands (OTCMKTS:TOFB – Get Free Report) and The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN – Get Free Report) 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 institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Volatility & Risk
Tofutti Brands has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
5.0% of Tofutti Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of Tofutti Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings & Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tofutti Brands | $7.78 million | 0.30 | -$780,000.00 | ($0.19) | -2.37 |
| The Hain Celestial Group | $1.56 billion | 0.04 | -$530.84 million | ($5.74) | -0.13 |
Tofutti Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Hain Celestial Group. Tofutti Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Hain Celestial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Tofutti Brands and The Hain Celestial Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tofutti Brands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| The Hain Celestial Group | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.75 |
The Hain Celestial Group has a consensus target price of $1.06, suggesting a potential upside of 42.47%. Given The Hain Celestial Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Tofutti Brands.
Profitability
This table compares Tofutti Brands and The Hain Celestial Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tofutti Brands | -13.09% | -45.27% | -29.44% |
| The Hain Celestial Group | -35.47% | -3.52% | -0.89% |
Summary
The Hain Celestial Group beats Tofutti Brands on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tofutti Brands
Tofutti Brands Inc. engages in the development, production, and marketing of plant based, dairy free vegan frozen desserts, cheeses, and other food products under the TOFUTTI brand in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, and Africa. The company offers frozen desserts, including frozen sandwiches and chocolate wafers; ice cream sandwiches; dairy free vegan cheese products, such as cream cheese, sour cream, cheese slices, and dairy free ricotta cheese alternatives; spreads; and frozen food products. It sells its products through independent unaffiliated food brokers to distributors, as well as on a direct basis to retail chain accounts or to warehouse accounts that directly service chain accounts. Tofutti Brands, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is based in Cranford, New Jersey.
About The Hain Celestial Group
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells organic and natural products in United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and internationally. It operates through two segments: North America and International. The company offers infant formula; infant, toddler, and kids' food; plant-based beverages and frozen desserts, such as soy, rice, oat, and spelt; and condiments. It also provides cooking and culinary oils; cereal bars; fresh and aseptic soups; yogurts; and nut butters. In addition, the company offers hot-eating desserts, refrigerated and frozen plant-based meat-alternative products, jams, fruit spreads, jellies, honey, natural sweeteners, syrups, dessert sauces, and marmalade products, as well as other food products. Further, it provides snack products comprising potato, root vegetable and other exotic vegetable chips, straws, tortilla chips; and personal care products that include hand, skin, hair, and oral care products, as well as deodorants, baby food, sunscreens, and other products under the Alba Botanica, Avalon Organics, Earth's Best, JASON, Live Clean, and Queen Helene brands name. Additionally, the company offers herbal, green, black, wellness, rooibos, and chai tea under the Celestial Seasonings brand. It sells pantry products under the Spectrum, Spectrum Essentials, MaraNatha, Imagine broths, Hain Pure Foods, Health Valley, and Hollywood brands. It sells its products through specialty and natural food distributors, supermarkets, natural food stores, mass-market and e-commerce retailers, food service channels and clubs, and drug and convenience stores. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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