Contrasting Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) & Cuisine Solutions (OTCMKTS:CUSI)

Cuisine Solutions (OTCMKTS:CUSI) and Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Cuisine Solutions and Utz Brands, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cuisine Solutions	0	0	0	0	0.00
Utz Brands	2	2	6	0	2.40

Utz Brands has a consensus target price of $14.38, indicating a potential upside of 40.45%. Given Utz Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Utz Brands is more favorable than Cuisine Solutions.

Profitability

This table compares Cuisine Solutions and Utz Brands’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cuisine Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A
Utz Brands	0.39%	8.12%	4.02%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Cuisine Solutions and Utz Brands”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cuisine Solutions	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Utz Brands	$1.41 billion	1.04	$15.97 million	$0.07	146.21

Utz Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Cuisine Solutions.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

96.0% of Utz Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 61.1% of Cuisine Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Utz Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Cuisine Solutions has a beta of -0.33, suggesting that its stock price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utz Brands has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Utz Brands beats Cuisine Solutions on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cuisine Solutions

Cuisine Solutions, Inc. produces and markets various food products in the United States. Its products include beef, lamb, pork and veal, pastas, poultry, sauces, seafood, and vegetarian meals. The company offers its products to foodservice, on board services, retail, military, and national restaurant chain industries. Cuisine Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is based in Sterling, Virginia.

About Utz Brands

Utz Brands, Inc. engages in manufacture, marketing, and distribution of snack foods. It offers a range of salty snacks, including salty snacks, including potato chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, pork skins, veggie snacks, pub/party mixes, tortilla chips, salsa and dips, ready-to-eat popcorn, and other snacks under the Utz, Zapp’s, ON THE BORDER, Golden Flake, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian, TORTIYAHS!, etc. The company sells its products to wholesale and other distributors, grocery stores, convenience and drug stores, discount stores, mass merchandisers, membership club stores, hard discounters, and specialty and e-commerce retailers. Utz Brands, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania.