Head to Head Contrast: Campbell’s (NASDAQ:CPB) & GLG Life Tech (OTCMKTS:GLGLF)

Campbell’s (NASDAQ:CPB) and GLG Life Tech (OTCMKTS:GLGLF) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Campbell’s and GLG Life Tech”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Campbell’s	$10.25 billion	0.61	$602.00 million	$1.83	11.44
GLG Life Tech	$10.62 million	0.00	$48.29 million	$0.23	N/A

Campbell’s has higher revenue and earnings than GLG Life Tech. GLG Life Tech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Campbell’s, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

52.4% of Campbell’s shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Campbell’s shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Campbell’s and GLG Life Tech’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Campbell’s	5.48%	19.96%	5.21%
GLG Life Tech	105.86%	N/A	-91.56%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Campbell’s and GLG Life Tech, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Campbell’s	8	12	2	0	1.73
GLG Life Tech	0	0	0	0	0.00

Campbell’s presently has a consensus target price of $26.78, suggesting a potential upside of 27.88%. Given Campbell’s’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Campbell’s is more favorable than GLG Life Tech.

Risk & Volatility

Campbell’s has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GLG Life Tech has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Campbell’s beats GLG Life Tech on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Campbell’s

The Campbell’s Company, formerly known as Campbell Soup Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets food and beverage products in the United States and internationally. The company operates through Meals & Beverages and Snacks segments. The Meals & Beverages segment engages in the retail and foodservice businesses in the United States and Canada. This segment provides Campbell’s condensed and ready-to-serve soups; Swanson broth and stocks; Pacific Foods broth, soups, and non-dairy beverages; Prego pasta sauces; Pace Mexican sauces; Campbell’s gravies, pasta, beans, and dinner sauces; Swanson canned poultry; V8 juices and beverages; Campbell’s tomato juice; and snacking products in foodservice in Canada. The Snacks segment retails Pepperidge Farm cookies, crackers, fresh bakery, and frozen products, which include Goldfish crackers, Snyder’s of Hanover pretzels, Lance sandwich crackers, Cape Cod and Kettle Brand potato chips, Late July snacks, Snack Factory pretzel crisps, Pop Secret popcorn, and other snacking products. This segment is also involved in the retail business in Latin America. It sells its products through retail food chains, mass discounters and merchandisers, club stores, convenience stores, drug stores, and dollar stores, as well as e-commerce and other retail, commercial, and non-commercial establishments, and independent contractor distributors. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

About GLG Life Tech

GLG Life Tech Corporation researches for, develops, grows, refines, and produces natural sweeteners extracted from the stevia plant and monk fruit in Canada and internationally. It also offers P-Pro Plus, a pea protein product; REB M GOLD, a bioconverted Rebaudioside M and Rebaudioside D. sweetener; and natural ingredients. It serves in the food and beverage industry. The company was formerly known as GLG Life Tech Limited and changed its name to GLG Life Tech Corporation in March 2007. GLG Life Tech Corporation was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.