Comparing Mama’s Creations (MAMA) and The Competition

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

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	-3.63%	-16.94%	1.87%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Mama’s Creations and its competitors, as reported 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	3452	3760	155	2.42

Mama’s Creations presently has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.30%. As a group, “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies have a potential upside of 18.78%. 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.

Risk and Volatility

Mama’s Creations has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mama’s Creations’ competitors have a beta of 0.83, indicating that their average stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mama’s Creations	$123.33 million	$3.71 million	76.18
Mama’s Creations Competitors	$8.12 billion	$404.36 million	24.01

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 and Insider Ownership

45.2% of Mama’s Creations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Mama’s Creations shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of shares of all “FOOD – MISC/DIVERSIFIED” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.