Reviewing Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) & China Marine Food Group (OTCMKTS:CMFO)

Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) and China Marine Food Group (OTCMKTS:CMFO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Risk and Volatility

Tyson Foods has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Marine Food Group has a beta of -76.51, suggesting that its stock price is 7,751% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

67.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Tyson Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of China Marine Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Tyson Foods and China Marine Food Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tyson Foods	1.70%	7.43%	3.70%
China Marine Food Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Tyson Foods and China Marine Food Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tyson Foods	$53.62 billion	0.35	$800.00 million	$2.57	20.35
China Marine Food Group	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Tyson Foods has higher revenue and earnings than China Marine Food Group.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Tyson Foods and China Marine Food Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tyson Foods	0	10	2	0	2.17
China Marine Food Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Tyson Foods currently has a consensus price target of $62.70, suggesting a potential upside of 19.90%. Given Tyson Foods’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Tyson Foods is more favorable than China Marine Food Group.

Summary

Tyson Foods beats China Marine Food Group on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully cooked meats; raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products, including breaded chicken strips, nuggets, patties, and other ready-to-fix or fully cooked chicken parts; and supplies poultry breeding stock. It also manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, including ready-to-eat sandwiches, flame-grilled hamburgers, Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks, and processed meats under the Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, ibp, and State Fair brands. The company sells its products through its sales staff to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, chain restaurants or their distributors, live markets, international export companies, and domestic distributors who serve restaurants and food service operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors, as well as through independent brokers and trading companies. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.

About China Marine Food Group

China Marine Food Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the processing, distribution, and sale of processed seafood products and algae-based beverage products primarily in the People's Republic of China. The company offers dried processed seafood products, such as roasted squid, roasted file fish, roasted prawns, shredded roasted squid, barbecued squid, sliced barbecued squid, sliced roasted octopus, spicy sliced octopus, spicy baby squid, spicy sliced squid, and spicy squid head products. China Marine Food Group Limited sells its dried and flavored seafood-based snack foods under the Mingxiang brand; and algae-based beverage products under the Hi-Power brand. The company also sells fresh and frozen marine catch, including Squid (Loligo bleekeri) and horse mackerel. China Marine Food Group Limited was founded in 1999 and is based in Shishi, the People's Republic of China.