Mama’s Creations (MAMA) & Its Rivals Head-To-Head Survey

Mama’s Creations (NASDAQ:MAMA) is one of 69 public companies in the “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Mama’s Creations to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Mama’s Creations and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mama’s Creations	0	0	4	0	3.00
Mama’s Creations Competitors	712	3456	3766	155	2.42

Mama’s Creations presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. As a group, “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 21.06%. Given Mama’s Creations’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mama’s Creations is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Mama’s Creations and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mama’s Creations	3.41%	18.19%	9.22%
Mama’s Creations Competitors	-4.29%	-16.96%	1.86%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Mama’s Creations and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mama’s Creations	$123.33 million	$3.71 million	76.36
Mama’s Creations Competitors	$8.12 billion	$402.34 million	21.68

Mama’s Creations’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Mama’s Creations. Mama’s Creations 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.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

45.2% of Mama’s Creations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Mama’s Creations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies 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 & Volatility

Mama’s Creations has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mama’s Creations’ competitors have a beta of 0.82, meaning that their average share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mama’s Creations beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Mama’s Creations

Mama’s Creations, Inc. engages in the marketing, manufacturing, and distribution of beef meatballs with sauce, turkey meatballs with sauce, beef meat loaf, sausage and peppers, chicken parmesan, and other similar meats and sauces. Its products include beef meatballs, turkey meatballs, stuffed meatballs, lasagna roll ups, retail ready meals, bulk deli, single-size pasta bowls, and packaged refrigerated products. Its brands include MamaMancini’s, Creative Salads, and The Olive Branch. The company was founded by Daniel Dougherty on July 22, 2009 and is headquartered in East Rutherford, NJ.