Comparing Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) & Kerry Group (OTCMKTS:KRYAY)

Kerry Group (OTCMKTS:KRYAY) and Seneca Foods (NASDAQ:SENEA) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Volatility and Risk

Kerry Group has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seneca Foods has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kerry Group	$7.50 billion	1.99	$728.69 million	N/A	N/A
Seneca Foods	$1.61 billion	0.54	$41.22 million	$13.00	9.82

Kerry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Seneca Foods.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kerry Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Seneca Foods	5.58%	12.30%	6.65%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Kerry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Seneca Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Kerry Group and Seneca Foods, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kerry Group	0	1	3	0	2.75
Seneca Foods	0	0	1	0	3.00

Summary

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

About Kerry Group

Kerry Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides taste and nutrition solutions. The company operates in two segments, Taste & Nutrition, and Dairy Ireland. The Taste & Nutrition segment offers taste and nutrition solutions for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical markets. The Dairy Ireland segment provides value-add dairy ingredients and consumer products, including functional proteins and nutritional bases. It operates in Ireland, rest of Europe, the Americas, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Kerry Group plc was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Tralee, Ireland.

About Seneca Foods

Seneca Foods Corporation provides packaged fruits and vegetables in the United States and internationally. The company offers canned, frozen, and jarred produce; jarred fruit; 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, Cherryman, Green Valley, and READ. In addition, it packs canned and frozen vegetables under contract packing agreements. Further, the company engages in the sale of cans, ends, and seeds, 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; specialty retailers; and food service distributors, restaurant chains, industrial markets, other food packagers, and export customers in approximately 55 countries, as well as federal, state, and local governments for school and other feeding programs. Seneca Foods Corporation was incorporated in 1949 and is headquartered in Fairport, New York.