Reviewing Rogers Sugar (RSGUF) & Its Rivals

Rogers Sugar (OTCMKTS:RSGUF) is one of 330 publicly-traded companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Rogers Sugar to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Rogers Sugar and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rogers Sugar	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rogers Sugar Competitors	-13.56%	-146.30%	-4.55%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

25.8% of Rogers Sugar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Rogers Sugar pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Rogers Sugar pays out 116.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Food Products” companies pay a dividend yield of 11.5% and pay out 31.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Rogers Sugar lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Rogers Sugar and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rogers Sugar	N/A	N/A	16.00
Rogers Sugar Competitors	$13.76 billion	$706.87 million	-2,369.23

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Rogers Sugar and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rogers Sugar	1	3	0	0	1.75
Rogers Sugar Competitors	2361	8198	8278	401	2.35

As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 10.96%. Given Rogers Sugar’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rogers Sugar has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Rogers Sugar competitors beat Rogers Sugar on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

Rogers Sugar Company Profile

Rogers Sugar Inc. engages in refining, packaging, marketing, and distribution of sugar and maple products in Canada, the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Sugar and Maple Products. It offers granulated, plantation raw, yellow, brown, organic, icing, maple, stevia, liquid, smart sweetener blend, and coconut sugar; and syrups, jam and jelly mixes, and iced tea mixes. The company offers its maple syrup products under the The Maple Treat Corporation, Uncle Luke’s, Great Northern, Decacer, and Highland Sugarworks brands. In addition, it markets its products to industrial, consumer, and liquid product markets under the Lantic name in Eastern Canada and Rogers name in Western Canada. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.