Seneca Foods (SENEB) versus The Competition Head-To-Head Survey

Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEB) is one of 329 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Seneca Foods to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Seneca Foods and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seneca Foods	0	1	0	0	2.00
Seneca Foods Competitors	2324	8160	8228	392	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 13.10%. Given Seneca Foods’ rivals stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Seneca Foods has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Seneca Foods and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seneca Foods	$1.66 billion	N/A	54.33
Seneca Foods Competitors	$13.87 billion	$716.84 million	-321.88

Seneca Foods’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Seneca Foods. Seneca Foods is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.4% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.2% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Seneca Foods and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seneca Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A
Seneca Foods Competitors	-16.22%	-138.12%	-3.97%

Summary

Seneca Foods rivals beat Seneca Foods on 7 of the 11 factors compared.

Seneca Foods Company Profile

Seneca Foods Corporation provides packaged fruits and vegetables in the United States and internationally. The company offers canned, frozen, and bottled produce; 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, READ, Green Valley, Paradise, Seneca Farms, and CherryMan. It also packs Green Giant, Le Sueur, and other brands of canned vegetables, as well as select Green Giant frozen vegetables for B&G Foods North America under a contract packing agreement. In addition, the company engages in the sale of cans and ends, 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; and food service distributors, industrial markets, other food packagers, and export customers in 90 countries, as well as federal, state, and local governments for school and other feeding programs. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Marion, New York.