Posted by admin on Jul 22nd, 2022

Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ – Get Rating) and China Marine Food Group (OTCMKTS:CMFO – Get Rating) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

44.3% of Utz Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.3% of Utz Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of China Marine Food Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

This table compares Utz Brands and China Marine Food Group’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Utz Brands has higher revenue and earnings than China Marine Food Group.

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Utz Brands and China Marine Food Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

Utz Brands presently has a consensus price target of $18.42, suggesting a potential upside of 13.75%. Given Utz Brands’ higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Utz Brands is more favorable than China Marine Food Group.

Utz Brands has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, China Marine Food Group has a beta of -39.89, meaning that its stock price is 4,089% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Utz Brands beats China Marine Food Group on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

Utz Brands, Inc. operates as a snack food manufacturing company. It offers a range of salty snacks, including potato chips, kettle chips, tortilla chips, pretzels, cheese snacks, veggie snacks, pork skins, pub/party mixes, salsa and queso, ready-to-eat popcorn, and other snacks under the Utz, Zapp's, ON THE BORDER, Golden Flake, Good Health, Boulder Canyon, Hawaiian, TGIF, TORTIYAHS!, and other brand names. The company distributes its products to grocery, mass, club, convenience, drug, and other retailers though direct shipments, distributors, and direct store delivery routes. Utz Brands, Inc. was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

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 is based in Shishi, the People's Republic of China.

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