Contrasting The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) and Borealis Foods (NASDAQ:BRLS)

The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ:HAIN) and Borealis Foods (NASDAQ:BRLS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares The Hain Celestial Group and Borealis Foods’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Hain Celestial Group	$1.77 billion	0.33	-$116.54 million	($1.02)	-6.34
Borealis Foods	-$1.58 million	-104.79	-$2.94 million	N/A	N/A

Borealis Foods has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Hain Celestial Group.

Profitability

This table compares The Hain Celestial Group and Borealis Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Hain Celestial Group	-5.14%	2.91%	1.30%
Borealis Foods	N/A	-108.01%	-7.73%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for The Hain Celestial Group and Borealis Foods, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Hain Celestial Group	0	7	1	0	2.13
Borealis Foods	0	0	0	0	N/A

The Hain Celestial Group presently has a consensus price target of $10.78, indicating a potential upside of 66.58%. Given The Hain Celestial Group’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe The Hain Celestial Group is more favorable than Borealis Foods.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.0% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.7% of Borealis Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of The Hain Celestial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Borealis Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

The Hain Celestial Group has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Borealis Foods has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

The Hain Celestial Group beats Borealis Foods on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Borealis Foods

Borealis Foods Inc. engages in the distribution of plant-based protein food products. Its products include Chef Woo, a high-protein instant ramen with 20 grams of plant-based complete protein; and Ramen Express, a vegetarian ramen noodles. The company is based in Oakville, Canada.