Head to Head Comparison: Campbell’s (NASDAQ:CPB) versus Hot Mama’s Foods (OTCMKTS:HOTF)

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hot Mama’s Foods and Campbell’s”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hot Mama’s Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.11)	N/A
Campbell’s	$10.25 billion	0.64	$602.00 million	$2.02	10.88

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.7% of Hot Mama’s Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.3% of Campbell’s shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.8% of Campbell’s shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Hot Mama’s Foods and Campbell’s’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hot Mama’s Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A
Campbell’s	6.12%	18.04%	4.74%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Hot Mama’s Foods and Campbell’s, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hot Mama’s Foods	0	0	0	0	0.00
Campbell’s	8	12	0	0	1.60

Campbell’s has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.09%. Given Campbell’s’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Campbell’s is more favorable than Hot Mama’s Foods.

Summary

Campbell’s beats Hot Mama’s Foods on 10 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hot Mama’s Foods

Hot Mama's Foods, Inc. develops, manufactures, sells, and distributes fresh, refrigerated, or perishable prepared foods in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The company's products include salsa, hummus, pesto, dips, spreads, sauces, deli salads, entrees, side dishes, and others. It also provides private label food manufacturing, as well as co-packing services; offers testing and documentation of custom or proprietary formulas; and processes necessary for the introduction of new or customized products. The company sells its products under the Hot Mama's Foods' brand; and under the label of a wholesale brand customer or under private label. Hot Mama's Foods, Inc. markets its products to regional and national retail grocery chains, distributors to the retail grocery industry, brand-holders requiring contract manufacturing services, restaurant chains, and secondary processors making assemblies using the products as components or ingredients. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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.