Critical Contrast: Cuisine Solutions (OTCMKTS:CUSI) and Utz Brands (NYSE:UTZ)

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

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Cuisine Solutions and Utz Brands”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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	1.07	$15.97 million	$0.07	150.86

Utz Brands has higher revenue and earnings 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%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

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

Volatility & Risk

Cuisine Solutions has a beta of -0.35, meaning that its share price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utz Brands has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Cuisine Solutions and Utz Brands, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	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 36.13%. Given Utz Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Utz Brands is more favorable than Cuisine Solutions.

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.