Analyzing Oatly Group (NASDAQ:OTLY) and Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEB)

Oatly Group (NASDAQ:OTLY) and Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEB) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Oatly Group and Seneca Foods”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oatly Group	$862.46 million	0.39	-$152.77 million	($4.13)	-2.56
Seneca Foods	$1.77 billion	N/A	N/A	$3.08	57.39

Seneca Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Oatly Group. Oatly Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seneca Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Oatly Group and Seneca Foods’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oatly Group	-13.81%	-2,479.86%	-16.65%
Seneca Foods	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Oatly Group and Seneca Foods, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oatly Group	1	1	3	0	2.40
Seneca Foods	0	1	0	0	2.00

Oatly Group currently has a consensus price target of $14.14, suggesting a potential upside of 33.50%. Given Oatly Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oatly Group is more favorable than Seneca Foods.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

68.2% of Oatly Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Seneca Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Oatly Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Seneca Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Seneca Foods beats Oatly Group on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oatly Group

Oatly Group AB, an oatmilk company, provides a range of plant-based dairy products made from oats in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and Asia. It offers Barista edition oatmilk, oatgurts, frozen desserts, ice-creams, and yogurts; cooking products, including cooking cream, in regular and organic, Crème Fraiche, whipping cream, vanilla custard, and spreads in a variety of flavors; and ready-to-go drinks. The company was formerly known as Havre Global AB and changed its name to Oatly Group AB in March 2021. Oatly Group AB was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden.

About Seneca Foods

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.